Dread Beat and Blood
Directed by Franco Rosso1979 45mDocumentary, Music
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.
