MUMBAI: From the Oscar winning producers of One Day in September and The Last King of Scotland, comes the hotly anticipated Fire in Babylon.
Charting the glorious supremacy of the West Indies cricket team throughout the late ‘70s and ‘80s Fire in Babylon proves the bat and ball were more effective than gunfire in the battle against racial injustice and the struggle for black rights.
In a turbulent era of apartheid in South Africa; race-riots in England and civil unrest in the Caribbean, the West Indian cricketers struck a wonderfully defiant blow at the forces of white prejudice world-wide.
The story celebrates the liberation of a people through sport, whilst painting a fascinating picture of this extraordinary era of sporting dominance and its roots in politics, pride, anti-colonial fury and music.
Directed by Stevan Riley (Blue Blood), produced by Charles Steel and John Battsek, Ben Goldsmith and Ben Elliot as executive producers, Fire in Babylon boasts a dynamic archive of classic music by the likes of Bob Marley and the Wailers, Gregory Issacs, Faithless and Horace Andy.