Linton Kwesi Johnson Movies

In World War II London, nine-year-old George is evacuated to the countryside by his mother, Rita, to escape the bombings. Defiant and determined to...

Gil Scott-Heron was one of the most influential musicians and poets of the last 50 years. In Don Letts's documentary, Gil tells his own story for the...

Documentary about reggae music and culture in London in 1977. Filmed in Super 8 camera by Don Letts. With participation of Richard Branson, Neneh...

The programme includes The Damned’s set-smashing performance on The Old Grey Whistle Test and the Sex Pistols' anarchic trip on the Thames. It...

Follows dub poet master Linton Kwesi Johnson out of the recording studio onto the Brixton streets.

Considered one of the best ‘dub’ poets of his time, Mikey Smith is internationally renown for the socially engaged form and content of...

A portrait of Salford-born poet, storyteller and comic, John Cooper-Clarke. His poems, a satirical blend of humour and social comment, are delivered...

Documentary about feminism in music and the challenges it has faced through the years from the '70s to present day.

In his first-ever video concert, reggae poet Linton Kwesi Johnson bares his soul to a packed house at the Zenith in Paris in 2004, backed by the...