Monthly Archives: April 2019

Recent Babylon press features + instagram!

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The US premiere of the film has generated a bit of a buzz. Here are some good links I have picked up on amongst the less interesting regurgitation of press releases:

What Babylon captured about racism and reggae – Hua Hsu, The New Yorker

A Clear View of Black Londoners When Few Films Saw Them – Wesley Morris, New York Times

Still Babylon: Why A Cult 1980 UK Film Remains Relevant – Grace Shutti – Afropunk

Babylon Rising: The Resurrection of a Controversial UK Reggae Movie – David Fear, Rolling Stone

Your Senses Are There: Brinsley Forde on Franco Rosso, Babylon and present day England (interview) – Anne-Katrin Titze, Eye For Eye Film

Music Legends: Dennis Bovell on style, substance and scoring Babylon (interview) – Anne-Katrin Titze, Eye For Eye Film

How south London has changed since 1980 classic Babylon (on locations in the film) – Chris Lunn, British Film Institute

Babylon also has an instagram account now @babylonthemovie (seems to feature some things from this site too…)

Brinsley Forde & Dennis Bovell Present: The Babylon Soundtrack – Live

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Interesting event coming up at the Jazz Cafe in Camden on July 18th:

To commemorate its release in the US after almost 30 years, Brinsley Forde and Dennis Bovell will perform the soundtrack to their cult classic Babylon live at the Jazz Cafe this summer.

The soundtrack has become iconic in its own right, with Dizzee Rascal sampling Forde in his own track ‘Can’t Tek No More’.

Opening the show on the night will be London dancehall star Kiko Bun.

Tickets £20. More info here.