LONDON: THE MODERN BABYLON (2012)

JULIEN TEMPLE

Documentary 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Recommended

Cast

TONY BENN KEITH ALLEN RAY DAVIES IMELDA STAUNTON HETTY BOWER MISS MARSH MALCOLM MCLAREN BARBARA CARTLAND MICHAEL HOROVITZ MOLLY PARKIN MICHAEL GAMBON SUGGS

Plot

London:The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-travelling voyage to the heart of his hometown. From musicians, writers and artists to dangerous thinkers, political radicals and above all ordinary people, this is the story of London's immigrants and bohemians and how together they changed the city forever. Reaching back to London at the start of the 20th century, the story unfolds through film archive and the voices of Londoners past and present, powered by the popular music from across the century. It ends in 2012, as London prepares to welcome the world as it hosts the Olympics.