Black Joy (1977)
Life is for living...
An innocent and unsophisticated Guyanese immigrant is exposed to the hustlin' way of life in the Brixton ghetto.
- Date of release
- 1977-11-06
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Anthony Simmons
Casting
- Norman Beaton — Dave King
- Trevor Thomas — Ben Jones
- Floella Benjamin — Miriam
- Dawn Hope — Saffra
- Oscar James — Jomo
- Paul J. Medford — Devon
- Shango Baku — Raastaman
- Azad Ali — Indian Official
- Charles Pemberton — White Official
- Vivian Stanshall — Warden
- Kevin O'Shea — Foreman
- Cynthia Powell — Prossie
Interesting facts
Black Joy is a 1977 British film directed by Anthony Simmons. The story of an immigrant country boy in Brixton, London. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.
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