Directing
Franco Rosso
Born August 29, 1941 · Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Died December 9, 2016 · aged 75
Franco Rosso (29 August 1941 – 9 December 2016) was an Italian-born film producer and director based in England. He is known for making films about Black British culture, and in particular for the 1980 cult film Babylon, about Black Jamaican youth in south London, which was backed by the National Film Finance Corporation.
Known For
Kes · 1970Kes
★ 7.41970
MovieDrama
Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence.
Babylon · 1980Babylon
★ 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.
Bed Peace · 1969Bed Peace
★ 7.51969
MovieDocumentaryMusic
John and Yoko in the presidential suite at the Hilton Amsterdam, which they had decorated with hand-drawn signs above their bed reading "Bed Peace." They invited the global press into their room to discuss peace for 12 hours every day.
Right to Work March · 1972Right to Work March
1972
MovieDramaDocumentary
They're young, unemployed and on the march - from Glasgow, Liverpool and Swansea to London.
Ian Dury X. · 1983Ian Dury X.
1983
MovieDocumentary
Ian Dury, singer/songwriter of Kilburn and the High Roads and the Blockheads, talks about how becoming disabled has affected his life and music.
The Nature of the Beast · 1988The Nature of the Beast
★ 7.51988
MovieDrama
A boy reads about the attacks of a unknown animal on livestock in the town. He plans to run his own investigation. The so called beast however is also used as a metaphor for every day problems the townsfolk face.
The Mangrove Nine · 1973The Mangrove Nine
★ 10.01973
MovieDocumentary
The Mangrove Nine trial resulted from conflict between the police and the Black community in Notting Hill that had escalated from the end of the 1960s onwards. The Mangrove case began when around 150 Black people protested against long-term police harassment of the popular Mangrove Restaurant in Ladbroke Grove. A documentary film, 'The Mangrove Nine' (directed and produced by Franco Rosso), was made in 1973, and includes interviews with the defendants recorded before the final verdicts. The Mangrove Nine film portrays interviews with the defendants recorded before the final verdicts were delivered at the trial, as well as contemporary comments from Ian Macdonald and others.
64 Day Hero · 198664 Day Hero
1986
MovieDocumentary
Documentary about the life and career of the 1940s and 1950s boxer Randy Turpin.
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