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Bookmark this pageBlack Joy (1977)
Director: Anthony Simmons
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From Time Out Film Guide
A comedy of social manners which manages a fair penetration of Brixton realities and immigrant culture despite its predictable format: survival of the fittest in a jungle of squatters, hookers, urchins and conmen. The ending lacks music, but most of the film has a pace and energy not often seen in British movies.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Anthony Simmons
Producer: Elliott Kastner, Martin Campbell
Cast: Norman Beaton, Trevor Thomas, Floella Benjamin, Oscar James, Dawn Hope, Paul Medford full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 109 mins
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