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Dread Beat an' Blood

Directed by Franco Rosso
1979    45m
7.5
A portrait of Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Brixton community where he lives and works as a poet-activist. The film inter-cuts poetry readings, recordings and interviews. The film contains footage of street riots and demonstrations, including one in Bradford where the crowd chant some of Johnson's verse. It also includes footage of Johnson at poetry readings.
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  • Linton Kwesi Johnson

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