Aaaah, you gotta love hipster racism/cultural appropriation. Lets all wear native headdresses for the sake of “irony” and mock their cultures and shit on the things they find sacred! It’s all good.
All Night Long (dir. Basil Dearden, 1962)
“Othello is translated to the world of sixties London jazz clubs in Basil Dearden’s smoky and sensational All Night Long. Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex (Paul Harris) and Delia Lane (Marti Stevens), a jealous, ambitious drummer, Johnny Cousin (Patrick McGoohan), attempts to tear the interracial couple apart. This daring psychodrama also features on-screen appearances by jazz legends Charles Mingus, Dave Brubeck, Tubby Hayes, and Johnny Dankworth.”
Sapphire (dir. Basil Dearden, 1959)
“In 1950s London racial hostility to Commonweath immigrants is openly paraded. A young girl, initially assumed to be white, is murdered. As two detectives start to investigate, and discover her racial origins were much more mixed, public prejudices and those of the officers themselves are exposed.”
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