The second edition of the “Film and reggae sessions” by Nexo Cinema arrives with a jewel full of sound, Message and rebel fire. It's about the film “Babylon” (1980), directed by Franco Rosso, which will be screened next Friday 2 of May, from 21:15 hours, in Company 1068, in the heart of Santiago.
The British film, censored for decades and today considered a cult classic, tells the story of Blue, a young Jamaican DJ confronting structural racism and police violence as he sets up his sound system in the south London neighborhoods.
reggae music, with its sound and spiritual power, resounds like a cry for identity in the middle of the cold of Thatcherite United Kingdom.
With the lit performance of Brinsley Forde, British reggae icon and voice of Aswad, and a brutal soundtrack with names like Dennis Bovell, Yabby You y King Tubby, This film is a declaration of principles and an audiovisual ode to reggae as a tool of resistance.
Curiously, Forde is currently on the other side of the mountain range, where he participated in the concert that the trans-Andean band held last week in Buenos Aires Nonpalidece, and will also participate in the neighboring country in the tribute to Bob Marley on 11 of May, on the anniversary 44 of its transcendence from the physical world.
In addition to the function, a vinyl fair will be held, sessions before and after the exhibition with the selectors Bad Chicken Y Chelektah Tfly, all amplified by Merkén Sound System.
Pre-sale membership cuesta $5.000, while general admission is $6.000 and students and senior citizens pay only $4.000. further, Those who cosplay as one of the characters from the film will be able to access it for free., carrying a reference image.
You can find more information on the Instagram profile of Nexo Cinema.
