The hedonistic world of DJs Chris (Valentine Nonyela) and Caz (Mo Sesay) – who operate a pirate radio station called ‘Soul Patrol’ from a tower block in Dalston – is shattered when a close friend is killed while cruising in the local park.
The black community suspect the National Front, but the police pull Chris in as a suspect.
The plot is convoluted and confusing and the acting is generally poor, but the film is set in the days before the Queen’s Silver Jubilee celebrations and provides a nice time-capsule view of London in the summer of 1977.
Chris
Valentine Nonyela Caz
Mo Sesay Ken
Dorian Healy Ann
Frances Barber Tracy
Sophie Okonedo Billibud
Jason Durr Davis
Gary McDonald Jill
Debra Gillett Carlton
Eamonn Walker Sparky
James Bowers Kelly
Billy Braham Bigsy
Wayne Norman Trish
Danielle Scillitoe Jeff Kane
Ray Shell
Director
Isaac Julien
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