Read Me
Set in London in 1977, the plot takes place against the background of the Silver Jubilee. This is a 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 a murder of their friend TJ while cruising for sex in the local park at night and, while Caz is cut up by the death of his friend, Chris seems to want to push forward towards a professional career in commercial radio. They both want to promote soul music while the prevailing popular music is punk.
There is a bitter-sweet background of the racial and sexual tensions of the British 1970's, with skinheads hassling Chris and Caz, local white's making snide remarks about how things have changed since they were young and blacks who are unable to decide if they hate whites, mixed-race people or 'batty boys' most. Yet, to balance this, the youth in the clubs are enjoying the music, drinking, dancing and bonking inter-racially and without strong prejudices about gay men kissing in clubs.
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