![]() TJ's murderer, a member of the National Front, follows Chris on stage, whereupon he falls to his death in the inferno of his own creation. Chris puts on the tape of TJ's murder, but doing so requires going onto the stage. A Molotov cocktail is thrown onto the stage and Caz and Billibud begin trying to save the vinyl records. While Caz and Billibud are MCing, Chris attempts to warn them about the revelations regarding TJ's murderer. He escapes but cannot find Caz.Ī grand reckoning takes place at an open-air disco in the park where TJ was murdered. Chris is then attacked by TJ's murderer, who turns out to be someone he and Caz had thought of as a friend. He starts broadcasting "Funk the Jubilee" but feels is not the same without his partner, Caz. That evening Chris goes to the radio station but Caz is not there and the studio has been vandalised. ![]() Caz and Billibud return home and make love. On the day of the Silver Jubilee celebrations Caz and Billibud go to the street fair, where Billibud is attacked by local skinheads. He then meets Tracy and she persuades him to send the tape to the police, but not before he has made a copy. Ĭhris and Caz then have a showdown on the roof of the tower block and Chris nearly falls off the roof. In comparison, in the film Billibud is also portrayed as somewhat dimwitted. However, in Melville's novel the character is also known for being on the less intelligent and gullible side, as seen for his "inability to perceive ill will in other people" and has an "unpredictable tendency to stutter". Similarly, in the film Billibud is known for being good looking. In this novel Billy Budd is described as "renowned for his good looks and gentle, innocent ways". The character Billiibud gets his name from the fictional character "Billy Budd" from Herman Melville's novel " Billy Budd, Sailor". He tries to call Caz but Caz is busy with his new boyfriend, Billibud, who is a punk that espouses the views of the Socialist Workers Party while wearing (admittedly stolen) Vivienne Westwood designer T-shirts. He is then pulled in by the police as a suspect because he was in possession of TJ's cassette radio. Chris discovers that he has a tape recording of the murder but fails to hand it in as evidence. The murder and the different paths they diverge on causes tension between buddies Chris and Caz. They both want to promote soul music while the prevailing popular music is punk. While Caz is distraught by the death of his friend, Chris seems focused on balancing a professional career in commercial radio without selling out. The film starts with the murder of their friend TJ while cruising for sex in the local park at night. The film begins as buddy movie between two friends, Chris and Caz, who run a pirate radio station from a tower block in Dalston, East London. Set in London in June 1977, the plot takes place against the background of the Queen's Silver Jubilee. The film is a love story that can be seen as an allegory for racial and class solidarity, as their love transcends class and race barriers. The second narrative involves the relationship between a gay punk Billibud ( Jason Durr) and a soulboy Caz (Mo Sesay) and the racism and homophobia they face in both West Indian and white British communities. The central story-line is about a murder investigation involving one of the central characters Chris ( Valentine Nonyela) and his relationship with his girlfriend Tracy ( Sophie Okonedo).
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