Black Joy (Original title)
Dates: 1977 (Copyright), 06 November 1977 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Anthony Simmons
Synopsis: Ben - an innocent immigrant from a remote village in Guyana arrives in Brixton and falls prey to an assortment of street-wise characters.
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Subject: Ethnic communities
Releases
Date: 06 November 1977Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 98 mins Length: 8820 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Hemdale Holdings
Date: 2009Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: Digital Media - Colour - SoundRuntime: 97 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: RestorationFormat: Digital Media - Colour - SoundRuntime: 98 mins Dialogue (original): English
Title: [Black Filmmaker - v9 n34 Jan/Feb 2006: no known title]Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Screen International n113 12 Nov 1977 Page: 22
Title: [Screen International - n113 12 Nov 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 1 Jun 1977 Page: 17
Title: [Variety - 1 Jun 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n74 12 Feb 1977 Page: 15
Title: [Screen International - n74 12 Feb 1977: no known title]Language: English
Description: In production.
In: Sight and Sound v46 n3 Summer 1977 Page: Summer 194
Title: [Sight and Sound - v46 n3 Summer 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n71 22 Jan 1977 Page: 12
Title: [Screen International - n71 22 Jan 1977: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v44 n526 November 1977 Page: 227
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v44 n526 November 1977: no known title]Language: English
Author: RUGG, Akua Pages: 96p
Title: Don't Look Now: British cinema in the 1970s
Author: NEWLAND, Paul Pages: 280 p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(15)
Accessible materials to view(3)
Description: DVDLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1504545
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: MP4 - Hard DiskMPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: C-1509380
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: WMVBFI identifier: N-638726
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Digital materials(9)
Description: 50I - Hard DiskSound: SoundDuration: 01:34:48 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: C-1509163
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4 - Hard DiskMPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: C-1509380
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: WMVBFI identifier: N-638726
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Description: MOV - Hard DiskSound: SoundDuration: 01:34:48 minutesProRes 422 - BFI identifier: N-652430
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - Hard DiskSound: SoundProRes 422 - BFI identifier: N-652431
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:38:49 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-652441
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:38:49 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-652441-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: 50I - LTO5Duration: 00:05:41 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-652445
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: 50I - LTO5Duration: 00:05:41 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-652445-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Video materials(2)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 01:35:00 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1503542
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: DVDLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1504545
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8885 FeetBFI identifier: C-942694
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1977BFI identifier: N-723854
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1977BFI identifier: N-724010
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1977BFI identifier: N-724366
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1977 (Copyright), 06 November 1977 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Anthony Simmons
Synopsis: Ben - an innocent immigrant from a remote village in Guyana arrives in Brixton and falls prey to an assortment of street-wise characters.
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Subject: Ethnic communities
Releases
Date: 06 November 1977Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 98 mins Length: 8820 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Hemdale Holdings
Date: 2009Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: Digital Media - Colour - SoundRuntime: 97 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: RestorationFormat: Digital Media - Colour - SoundRuntime: 98 mins Dialogue (original): English
Credits
(45)
©: National Film Trustee Company Ltd, Production Company: West One Film Producers, Production Company: Winkast Programming Ltd., Production Company: National Film Finance Corporation, Presents: Elliott Kastner, Presents: Arnon Milchan, Executive Producer: Danny O'Donovan, Executive Producer: George Pappas, Presents: Arnon Milchan, Presents/Produced by: Elliott Kastner, Produced by: Martin Campbell, Associate Producer: Denis Holt, Production Accountant: Cyril Solomons, Personal Assistant to Elliott Kastner: Sara Romilly, Assistant to the Producer: Keith Rotman, Sharon Field, Assistant Director: Brian Heard, Continuity: Doris Martin, Screenplay by: Anthony Simmons, Jamal Ali, Play 'Dark Days and Light Nights' by: Jamal Ali, Creative Executive: Shawn Slovo, Photography: Philip Meheux, Camera: Graham Hazard, Stuart Brown, Charghand Electrician: Derek Balter, Electrician: Steven Harrison, Grip: Robert Prosser, Stills: Norman Hargood, Editor: Thom Noble, Assistant Editor: Michael Gray, Art Director: Brian Savegar, Chargehand Prop: Bert Gadsden, Wardrobe: Jerry Smith, Wardrobe: Pixie Weir, Make-up: Jill Carpenter, Drumming tracks performed by: 'ipi-tombi' Company, Musical Director: Lou Reizner, Sound Mixer: David John, Sound: Dushko Indjic, Dubbing Mixer: Gordon K. McCallum, [Dubbing Mixer]: Hugh Strain, Re-recorded at: Pinewood Studios, Dubbing Editor: Terry Poulton
Cast
(28)
Norman Beaton (Dave King), Trevor Thomas (Benjamin Jones), Floella Benjamin (Miriam), Dawn Hope (Saffra), Oscar James (Jomo), Paul Medford (Devon), Shango Baku (Raastaman), Azad Ali (Indian official), Charles Pemberton (white official), Vivian Stanshall (warden), Kevin O'Shea (foreman), Cynthia Powell (prossie), T-Bone Wilson (Shark), Jeillo Edwards (Auntie), Jimmy Rand (bus conductor), Ludmila Nova (Sally), Jason Rose (dude), Barbara Keogh (prostitute), David Ryall (butcher), Patrick Durkin (Irish paddy), Eddie Tagoe (African dustman), Stefan Kalipha (Sharp Eddie), The Playboys (themselves), Geoffrey Kenion (hotel clerk), Forbes Collins (1st immigration officer), Malcolm Hayes (2nd immigration officer), Vernon Nesbeth (airport porter), The Real Thing ([themselves])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(7)
In: Black Filmmaker v9 n34 Jan/Feb 2006 Page: 59Title: [Black Filmmaker - v9 n34 Jan/Feb 2006: no known title]Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Screen International n113 12 Nov 1977 Page: 22
Title: [Screen International - n113 12 Nov 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 1 Jun 1977 Page: 17
Title: [Variety - 1 Jun 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n74 12 Feb 1977 Page: 15
Title: [Screen International - n74 12 Feb 1977: no known title]Language: English
Description: In production.
In: Sight and Sound v46 n3 Summer 1977 Page: Summer 194
Title: [Sight and Sound - v46 n3 Summer 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n71 22 Jan 1977 Page: 12
Title: [Screen International - n71 22 Jan 1977: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v44 n526 November 1977 Page: 227
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v44 n526 November 1977: no known title]Language: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(2)
Title: Brickbats and bouquets: black woman's critique, literature, theatre, filmAuthor: RUGG, Akua Pages: 96p
Title: Don't Look Now: British cinema in the 1970s
Author: NEWLAND, Paul Pages: 280 p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(15)
Accessible materials to view(3)
Description: DVDLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1504545
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: MP4 - Hard DiskMPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: C-1509380
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: WMVBFI identifier: N-638726
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Digital materials(9)
Description: 50I - Hard DiskSound: SoundDuration: 01:34:48 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: C-1509163
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4 - Hard DiskMPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: C-1509380
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: WMVBFI identifier: N-638726
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Description: MOV - Hard DiskSound: SoundDuration: 01:34:48 minutesProRes 422 - BFI identifier: N-652430
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - Hard DiskSound: SoundProRes 422 - BFI identifier: N-652431
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:38:49 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-652441
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:38:49 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-652441-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: 50I - LTO5Duration: 00:05:41 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-652445
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: 50I - LTO5Duration: 00:05:41 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-652445-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Video materials(2)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 01:35:00 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1503542
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: DVDLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1504545
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8885 FeetBFI identifier: C-942694
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1977BFI identifier: N-723854
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1977BFI identifier: N-724010
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1977BFI identifier: N-724366
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film