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Dennis Bovell

Born May 22, 1953 (age 73)

Dennis Bovell MBE (born 22 May 1953) is a Barbados-born reggae guitarist, bass player and record producer, based in the United Kingdom. He was a member of a progressive rock group called Stonehenge, who later changed name and became the British reggae band Matumbi, and released dub-reggae records under his own name as well as the pseudonym Blackbeard. He is most widely known for his decades-spanni…

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BabylonBabylon · 1980
Babylon
7.01980
MovieDrama
Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles with family problems and has his friendships tested by racism.
SlaygroundSlayground · 1984
Slayground
4.81984
MovieActionCrime
After thieves botch an armored truck robbery that leads to the death of an innocent young girl, her father vows revenge by recruiting a sociopathic hitman to track them down and assassinate them.
White RiotWhite Riot · 2020
White Riot
6.12020
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Exploring how punk influenced politics in late-1970s Britain, when a group of artists united to take on the National Front, armed only with a fanzine and a love of music.
Space RidersSpace Riders · 1984
Space Riders
5.51984
MovieDrama
British 'Semi-Fictional' sports drama featuring Grand Prix motorcycle racing world champion Barry Sheene as himself. It tells the story of Sheene's pursuit of the world title, including his recovery from a near-fatal accident at Silverstone.
Sud Side StoriSud Side Stori · 2000
Sud Side Stori
7.02000
MovieComedyRomance
In Roberta Torre's "true story of Romeo and Julet", Toni Giulietto is a vulnerable street singer and Little Tony-impersonator (who is himself an Italian Elvis-impersonator) who is constantly deceived and hoodwinked by almost everyone he knows. Romea is an attractive Nigerian immigrant who sells sex on the streets of Palermo to pay off her huge fee to the man who smuggled her in to the country. Various characters plot against each other and the plots, which draw in people from all the different social strata, spiral out of control as the tug-of-war between these different factions of Sicilian society is fought to the last.
Beyond: There’s Always A Black Issue, DearBeyond: There’s Always A Black Issue, Dear · 2019
Beyond: There’s Always A Black Issue, Dear
1.02019
Movie
Growing up Black and Queer in 1970s and 80s Britain.
Dread Beat and BloodDread Beat and Blood · 1979
Dread Beat and Blood
8.51979
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Follows dub poet master Linton Kwesi Johnson out of the recording studio onto the Brixton streets.
Lee Scratch Perry's Vision of ParadiseLee Scratch Perry's Vision of Paradise · 2015
Lee Scratch Perry's Vision of Paradise
6.22015
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Lee Scratch Perry's Vision of Paradise is a unique project in many ways. It is the life story of the legendary musician, but it is not a biography, it is a fairytale documentary! The director followed Lee Perry for thirteen years and discovered an unbelievable story, a revelation, told about and with one of the major protagonists of contemporary music, the other half of the story that has never been told. The movie can be seen as a guide for how to change the world with music, with a positive attitude, mindset or, as Lee Perry calls it, vibration.

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