Franco Rosso

Franco Rosso

Franco Rosso (29 August 1941 – 9 December 2016) was an Italian-born film producer and director based in England. He is known for making films about Black British culture, and in particular for the 1980 cult film Babylon, about Black Jamaican youth in south London, which was backed by the National Film Finance Corporation.

  • Title: Franco Rosso
  • Popularity: 1.0505
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1941-08-29
  • Place of Birth: Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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  • Also Known As: Franco Giuseppe Rosso
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Franco Rosso Movies

  • 1972
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    Right to Work March

    Right to Work March

    1 1972 HD

    They're young, unemployed and on the march - from Glasgow, Liverpool and Swansea to London.

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  • 1980
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    Babylon

    Babylon

    6.9 1980 HD

    Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound...

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  • 1983
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    Ian Dury X.

    Ian Dury X.

    1 1983 HD

    Ian Dury, singer/songwriter of Kilburn and the High Roads and the Blockheads, talks about how becoming disabled has affected his life and music.

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  • 1983
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    Ian Dury X.

    Ian Dury X.

    1 1983 HD

    Ian Dury, singer/songwriter of Kilburn and the High Roads and the Blockheads, talks about how becoming disabled has affected his life and music.

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  • 1988
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    The Nature of the Beast

    The Nature of the Beast

    7 1988 HD

    A boy reads about the attacks of a unknown animal on livestock in the town. He plans to run his own investigation. The so called beast however is...

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  • 1980
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    Babylon

    Babylon

    6.9 1980 HD

    Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound...

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  • 1987
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    Struggle for Stonebridge

    Struggle for Stonebridge

    1 1987 HD

    Documentary on the Harlesden People's Community Council, formed by the people of the Stonebridge estate in Harlesden, Brent, and their struggle to...

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  • 1979
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    Dread Beat and Blood

    Dread Beat and Blood

    8 1979 HD

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

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  • 1971
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    Reggae

    Reggae

    1 1971 HD

    BBC documentary focusing on a reggae concert held at Wembley Stadium in 1970 featuring the Pyramids, Pioneers, Black Faith, Millie, the Maytals, and...

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  • 1973
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    The Mangrove Nine

    The Mangrove Nine

    1 1973 HD

    The Mangrove Nine trial resulted from conflict between the police and the Black community in Notting Hill that had escalated from the end of the...

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  • 1969
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    Bed Peace

    Bed Peace

    7 1969 HD

    John and Yoko in the presidential suite at the Hilton Amsterdam, which they had decorated with hand-drawn signs above their bed reading "Bed Peace."...

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  • 1986
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    64 Day Hero

    64 Day Hero

    1 1986 HD

    Documentary about the life and career of the 1940s and 1950s boxer Randy Turpin.

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  • 1986
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    64 Day Hero

    64 Day Hero

    1 1986 HD

    Documentary about the life and career of the 1940s and 1950s boxer Randy Turpin.

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  • 1973
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    The Mangrove Nine

    The Mangrove Nine

    1 1973 HD

    The Mangrove Nine trial resulted from conflict between the police and the Black community in Notting Hill that had escalated from the end of the...

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  • 1974
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    All That Glitters

    All That Glitters

    1 1974 HD

    BBC Schools documentary about the successful British rock band The Sweet, their riches and the price of fame. Charting 24 hours in the life of a rock...

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  • 1970
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    Kes

    Kes

    7.439 1970 HD

    Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire...

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  • 1979
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    Dread Beat and Blood

    Dread Beat and Blood

    8 1979 HD

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

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