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Young Soul Rebels

The Queen's Silver Jubilee beats to the sounds of Funkadelic, Sylvester and the O'Jays in Isaac Julien’s feature debut.

Drama 1991 105 mins

Director: Isaac Julien

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Overview

Youth culture meets identity politics in this part-thriller, part-gay love story set in London in 1977, days before the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations. The hedonistic world of pirate DJs Chris and Caz is shattered when a close friend is killed while cruising in the local park. The black community suspect the National Front, but the police pull Chris in as a suspect.

This beautifully crafted period piece, a bold and stylish debut feature from Isaac Julien, paints a convincing picture of late-'70s London. The city is a carefully mapped out social landscape, open to all but offering safety to none, as we are taken to a Dalston barber, east London council estates festooned with Union Jacks, West End offices, soul clubs and city parks.

Director

Isaac Julien

Featuring

Valentine Nonyela , Mo Sesay , Frances Barber and Sophie Okonedo

Genres

Drama

Certificate

Contains strong sex, nudity, racism, language, drug misuse, and sexual threat.

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

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