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Film Description
Charting the glorious supremacy of the West Indies cricket team throughout the late 1970s 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, with 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 worldwide. Told from a West Indian perspective, and featuring some of the legendary and revered players of the time and other significant names from Caribbean culture, this story celebrates the emancipation 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. With Caribbean flair, fearless spirit and a thumping reggae beat, they hijacked the genteel game of the privileged elite and replayed it on their own terms.
Fire in Babylon is a celebration of a significant and glorious period in sporting history, where a series of small Caribbean islands, 'with a combined population of Sydney', united on the field as one entity to fight against racial injustice, through the sport of cricket.
