Dread Beat and Blood

Directed by Franco Rosso
September 1, 1979    45mDocumentary, Music
7.68.0
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
  • Franco RossoDirector / Producer
  • Ivan StrasburgDirector Of Photography
  • Pascoe MacFarlandDirector Of Photography
  • David HopeEditor
  • Brenda SimsonAssistant Editor
  • Mike MacDuffySound
  • Eddy TiseSound
  • Steve ShawSound
  • Dennis BovellMusician

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