Dread Beat and Blood - ACE065.3

Johnson describes how he found it too hard to communicate his feelings about society in English, and turned to his first language, Jamaican Creole. Studio. Johnson recording Come wi goh dung deh (Come we go down there). Intercut and VO with backs of houses from moving train. VO continues. Brixton street scenes. Johnson walking with the musicians. VO describes writing Come we go down there and compares Brixton and Jamaica. Market. Shops. I was just about to move forward/Take a walk through the market…Johnson reciting to radio interviewer. He talks about his background and poetry-writing, about the political struggle faced by black people in Britain, and of his wish to help in that struggle. His VO continues over shots of groups of men (including Johnson) playing dominoes.