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Thanks for the recommendation and confirming that it's as relevant now as it was then. I'm clearly no expert on many of the topics being discussed here but i do have some armchair knowledge on films. From my perspective the US has consistently produces excellent content on the subject of race and in particular the realities black people have faced in the past and present. Blindspotting, Fruitvale station and Mudbound being a few from recent times that have stood out. However there appear to be very little from the UK addressing this. It's telling that we're talking about a movie from 1980 as a reference point.
I guess what i'm getting at is that white people from the UK seem to be very comfortable digesting horrendous stories told through film from the US however we don't seem to have the appetite to face the problems on our own doorstep that we are complicit in.
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Mr Forde indeed and at the time aswad did the music for the album revolution by the late great Dennis brown . It was shot in brixton but mainly deptford new Cross. For me what's striking is that a lot of things haven't changed since the film was made.