Fire in Babylon (2010)

Directed by

Stevan Riley

Genre

documentary film, sport film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of the West Indies cricket team that dominated the sport in the 1970s and 1980s. It uses interviews and archive footage to show how the players became champions.

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What happens

Fire in Babylon is a 2010 British documentary film about the record-breaking West Indies cricket team of the 1970s and 1980s. Featuring stock footage and interviews with several former players and officials, including Colin Croft, Deryck Murray, Joel Garner, Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Michael Holding, Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards and Andy Roberts, the film was written and directed by Stevan Riley and was nominated for a British Independent Film Award for Best Documentary. It was the joint-winner (with Reggae Britannia) of the UNESCO Award at the Jamaica Reggae Film Festival 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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