• Director(s)

    Franco Rosso

  • Production Year

    1979

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    45m

  • Cast

    Linton Kwesi Johnson

Film

Dread Beat And Blood

references to violence and racism, drug references, strong language

DREAD BEAT AND BLOOD is a UK documentary, from 1979, about the dub poet and political activist Linton Kwesi Johnson.…

DREAD BEAT AND BLOOD is a UK documentary, from 1979, about the dub poet and political activist Linton Kwesi Johnson.

violence
There are references in interviews and Johnson's poetry to tensions, caused by racist-influenced attitudes, finding release in outbreaks of violence. Accounts are given of the harsh approach of law and order to black communities, which were also threatened by the behaviour of organisations such as the National Front. There is footage from the riot at the 1976 Notting Hill Carnival in which attendees and the police engage in violent confrontations. There are also references to black-on-black violence
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k').
discrimination
There are references to historical racism directed towards black and Asian communities in the UK.
drugs
There are references to drug misuse in spoken dub poetry, including references to "ganja" and "smoking weed".
additional issues
There are sequences featuring cigarette smoking.

  • Director(s)

    Franco Rosso

  • Production Year

    1979

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    45m

  • Cast

    Linton Kwesi Johnson

Classified Date:
14/03/1979
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Arts Council of G.B.
references to violence and racism, drug references, strong language
Classified Date:
25/06/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
BFI Video
violence
There are references in interviews and Johnson's poetry to tensions, caused by racist-influenced attitudes, finding release in outbreaks of violence. Accounts are given of the harsh approach of law and order to black communities, which were also threatened by the behaviour of organisations such as the National Front. There is footage from the riot at the 1976 Notting Hill Carnival in which attendees and the police engage in violent confrontations. There are also references to black-on-black violence
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k').
discrimination
There are references to historical racism directed towards black and Asian communities in the UK.
drugs
There are references to drug misuse in spoken dub poetry, including references to "ganja" and "smoking weed".
additional issues
There are sequences featuring cigarette smoking.

  • Classified date

    25/06/2021