Details
Directed by: Stevan Riley
Country:
United Kingdom
Runtime: 2hr 0min
Year: 2010
Topics:
Sport
Last Screened:
Thu 28th Apr 2011
The breath-taking story of how the West Indies triumphed over its colonial masters through the achievements of one of the most gifted teams in sporting history.
The backdrop to Fire in Babylon is the 1970s – a turbulent era of apartheid in South Africa, race riots in England and civil unrest in the Caribbean – and the film describes the events which led to the West Indies cricket team rising to a fearsome, all-conquering force by the end of the decade, dealing a wonderfully defiant blow at the forces of white prejudice worldwide.