---
title: 'Babylon (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Franco Rosso'
released: '1980-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/babylon-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080406/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Babylon (1980)

1980 · 95 min · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Babylon is a 1980 British drama film directed by Franco Rosso. Written by Franco Rosso and Martin Stellman, it is an incendiary portrait of racial tension and police brutality set in Brixton, London. The film, anchored by Dennis Bovell’s propulsive score, is partly based on Bovell’s false imprisonment for running a Jamaican sound system, Sufferer’s Hi Fi, in the mid-1970s.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Franco Rosso](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-rosso)
- **Screenplay:** [Franco Rosso](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-rosso), [Martin Stellman](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-stellman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dennis Bovell](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-bovell)
- **Producer:** [Gavrik Losey](https://cinepixo.com/people/gavrik-losey)
- **Director of Photography:** [Chris Menges](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-menges)
- **Editor:** [Thomas Schwalm](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-schwalm)

## Cast

- [Trevor Laird](https://cinepixo.com/people/trevor-laird)
- [Brinsley Forde](https://cinepixo.com/people/brinsley-forde)
- [Karl Howman](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-howman)

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