Babylon: Double Bill
A look at two National Film and Television documentaries made 22 years apart but connected by their subject matter, the Rastafarian community in London.
Rasta In-A Babylon - a still from the film, 5 of 5 (1978) by Howard JohnsonNational Film and Television School
In 1978 Howard Johnson directed his documentary Rasta In-A Babylon, while he was a student at the NFTS. 22 years later Nicholas Chaudeurge directed his own film, Born in a Babylon. Explore both films below and a look back with Nicholas Chaudeurge.
Rasta In-A Babylon (1978)
A film about Rastafarian history and the strength with which its doctrines are held as well as the influence that was having on the young Black West Indian population in Britain in the late seventies.
Born in a Babylon (2000)
Nicholas Chaudeurge's follow up film made 22 years after Howard Johnson's Rasta In-A Babylon. It also focusses on the Rastafarian community in London.
See a little extra interview with Born in a Babylon director Nicholas Chaudeurge, about the birth of grime.
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