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In his first narrative feature film, young soul rebels 1991, director isaac julien aimed to champion black independent cinema which deals with questions of sexuality, gender and national identity. Two disc jockeys valentine nonyela, mo sesay have a friends murder to solve in the fringegroup melting pot of 1977 london. Young soul rebels is a 1991 british comingofage film written by derek saldaan mcclintock, isaac julien and paul hallam, and directed by julien as his first narrative feature film. The director, isaac julien, tries to make a thriller and then interrupts it for a musical, a documentary or a romance. With valentine nonyela, mo sesay, dorian healy, frances barber.
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