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((For|the UK 2009 charity single by the "Young Soul Rebels"|I Got Soul))
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((Infobox film
| name = Young Soul Rebels
| image = Young-soul-rebels.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Isaac Julien]]
| producer = [[Nadine Marsh-Edwards]]
| writer = ((ubl|[[Isaac Julien]]|[[Paul Hallam]]))
| starring       = ((plainlist|
* [[Valentine Nonyela]]
* Mo Sesay
* [[Dorian Healy]]
* [[Frances Barber]]
* [[Sophie Okonedo]]
* [[Debra Gillett]]
* [[Jason Durr]]
* [[Gary McDonald (actor)|Gary McDonald]]
* [[Eamonn Walker|Eamon Walker]]))
| music = Soundtrack featured "Young Soul Rebels" by [[Mica Paris]]
| cinematography = [[Nina Kelgren]]
| distributor = [[British Film Institute|BFI]]
| released = ((film date|df=yes|1991|8|9|UK|1991|12|6|US))
| runtime = 105 minutes
| language = English
| country = United Kingdom
|budget=£1.3 million<ref name="org">((cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-back-to-the-future-the-fall-and-rise-of-the-british-film-industry-in-the-1980s.pdf|page=31|title=Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing|website=British Film Institute|date=2005))</ref>
|gross = £33,246 (UK)<ref name="org"/>
))
'''''Young Soul Rebels''''' is a 1991 British coming-of-age thriller written by Derek Saldaan McClintock, [[Isaac Julien]] and Paul Hallam, and directed by Julien as his second narrative feature film.<ref>[[Cyril Nri]], [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/497077/ "Young Soul Rebels (1991)"], [[BFI Screenonline]].</ref> The film examines the interaction between [[Youth culture|youth cultural movements]] during the late 1970s in the UK — namely [[skinheads]], [[punk subculture|punks]], and [[soulboy]]s — along with the social, political, and cultural tensions between them. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 9 August 1991, followed by a [[United States|North American]] release on 6 December 1991. The film was the feature film acting debut of [[Sophie Okonedo]] and [[Eamonn Walker]]<!-- (a future [[Academy Award]] non-nominee)-->.<ref>[http://www.isaacjulien.com/films/youngsoulrebels "Young Soul Rebels (1991)"], Isaac Julien.</ref>

==Plot==
The film revolves around various plots. 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]]).

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 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.

Set in London in June 1977, the plot takes place against the background of the [[Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Queen's Silver Jubilee]]. 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]]. The film starts with the murder of their friend TJ while cruising for sex in the local park at night. While Caz is distraught by the death of his friend, Chris seems focused on balancing a professional career in commercial radio without selling out. They both want to promote soul music while the prevailing popular music is punk.

The murder and the different paths they diverge on causes tension between buddies Chris and Caz. Chris discovers that he has a tape recording of the murder but fails to hand it in as evidence. He is then pulled in by the police as a suspect because he was in possession of TJ's cassette radio. 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 (UK)|Socialist Workers Party]] while wearing (admittedly stolen) [[Vivienne Westwood]] designer T-shirts. The character Billiibud gets his name from the fictional character "Billy Budd" from [[Herman Melville]]'s novel ''"[[Billy Budd, Sailor]]".'' In this novel Billy Budd is described as "renowned for his good looks and gentle, innocent ways". Similarly, in the film Billibud is known for being good looking. 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". In comparison, in the film Billibud is also portrayed as somewhat dimwitted.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/billybudd/characters/|title=SparkNotes: Billy Budd, Sailor: Character List|website=www.sparknotes.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-23))</ref>

Chris and Caz then have a showdown on the roof of the tower block and Chris nearly falls off the roof. He then meets Tracy and she persuades him to send the tape to the police, but not before he has made a copy. They then make love on a rooftop. On the day of the Silver Jubilee celebrations Caz and Billibud go to the street fair, where Billibud is attacked by local skinheads. Caz and Billibud return home and make love. That evening Chris goes to the radio station but Caz is not there and the studio has been vandalised. He starts broadcasting "Funk the Jubilee" but feels is not the same without his partner, Caz. Chris is then attacked by TJ's murderer, who turns out to be someone he and Caz had thought of as a friend. He escapes but cannot find Caz.

A grand reckoning takes place at an open-air disco in the park where TJ was murdered. While Caz and Billibud are MCing, Chris attempts to warn them about the revelations regarding TJ's murderer. A [[Molotov cocktail]] is thrown onto the stage and Caz and Billibud begin trying to save the vinyl records. Chris puts on the tape of TJ's murder, but doing so requires going onto the stage. TJ's murderer, a member of the [[National Front (UK)|National Front]], follows Chris on stage, whereupon he falls to his death in the inferno of his own creation.

The scene is a bitter-sweet microcosm of the racial and sexual tensions of 1970s Britain, with skinheads hassling Chris and Caz, whites making snide remarks about how things have changed since their youth, and blacks stating that they are unable to decide if they hate whites, mixed-race people or [[Batty boy|"batty boys"]] most. Yet, despite all of this, youth in the clubs are enjoying the music, drinking, dancing and bonking inter-racially while paying no mind to the gay men around them.

The film ends with the two DJs reconciling their differences while they clean records, which is followed by a one-by-one each of the friends joining into dance together.<ref>((Citation|title=Young Soul Rebels (1991) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103312/plotsummary|access-date=2020-06-13))</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Valentine Nonyela]] as Chris
* [[Mo Sesay]] as Caz
* [[Dorian Healy]] as Ken
* [[Frances Barber]] as Ann
* [[Sophie Okonedo]] as Tracy
* [[Jason Durr]] as Billibud
* [[Gary McDonald (actor)|Gary McDonald]] as Davis
* [[Debra Gillett]] as Jill
* [[Eamonn Walker]] (credited as Eamon Walker) as Carlton 
* [[James Bowers]] as Sparky
* [[Billy Braham]] as Kelly
* [[Wayne Norman (actor)|Wayne Norman]] as Bigsy
* [[Danielle Scillitoe]] as Trish
* [[Ray Shell]] as Jeff Kane
* [[Nigel Harrison]] as Cid Man

==Awards==
The film received the Critics' Prize at the 1991 [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103312/awards?ref_=tt_awd "Young Soul Rebels (1991) | Awards"], IMDb.</ref>

==Soundtrack==
Official Soundtrack Credits<ref>"Young Soul Rebels (1991)", Isaac Julien</ref>

# "[[P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)]]" by [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]]
# "[[Germfree Adolescents|Identity]]" by [[X-Ray Spex]]
# "[[City Life (The Blackbyrds album)|Rock Creek Park]]" by [[The Blackbyrds]]
# "[[Lifeline (Roy Ayers album)|Running Away]]" by [[Roy Ayers]]
# "I Like It" by [[Players Association]]
# "[[Party Time (The Heptones album)|Party Time]]" by [[The Heptones]]
# "Let's Get It Together" by El Coco
# "Cocaine" by [[Sly Dunbar|Sly]] and [[The Revolutionaries]]
# "[[Don't Let It Go to Your Head (Jean Carne song)|Don't Let It Go To Your Head]]" by [[Jean Carn]]
# "Time Is Moving On" by The Blackbyrds
# "[[Comin' Through|Say You Will]]" by [[Eddie Henderson (musician)|Eddie Henderson]]
# "[[Oh Bondage Up Yours!]]" by [[X-Ray Spex]]
# "[[One Nation Under a Groove (song)|One Nation Under A Groove]]" by [[Funkadelic]]
# "[[Me and Baby Brother]]" by [[War (American band)|War]]
# "[[Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (album)|I'll Play The Fool For You]]" by [[Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band]] 
# "[[Police and Thieves|Police & Thieves]]" by [[Junior Murvin]]
# "[[You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)]]" by [[Sylvester (singer)|Sylvester]]
# "[[Message in Our Music|Message In Our Music]]" by [[The O'Jays]]
# "Let The Music Play" by [[Charles Earland]]

==References==
((reflist))

== External links ==
* ((IMDb title|0103312|Young Soul Rebels))
* ((Screenonline title|497077))

[[Category:1991 films]]
[[Category:1990s coming-of-age drama films]]
[[Category:British coming-of-age drama films]]
[[Category:1991 independent films]]
[[Category:British independent films]]
[[Category:British LGBT-related films]]
[[Category:Black British films]]
[[Category:1990s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Isaac Julien]]
[[Category:Films set in 1977]]
[[Category:Films set in London]]
[[Category:Punk films]]
[[Category:1991 LGBT-related films]]
[[Category:1991 drama films]]
[[Category:1990s British films]]
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