Black Joy (UK)

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Review of Black Joy
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Stuart McLean

Innocence wins
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 109 mins
Retail Price: £12.99
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Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
There can`t be many black sons in Britain as innocent as Benjamin Ignatius Samuel Jones when he arrives in this throbbing immigrant area of London, fresh from his village in Guyana where he was brought up by a strictly religious granny. Within a few hours of his arrival, Ben has been humiliated by officialdom, robbed of his money by a street urchin and left desolate by his sad discovery that the only address he has in London turns out to be a demolished house. Ironically he is befriended by the very couple of amiable tricksters who robbed him of the few pounds left from the sale of his granny`s farm. Ben happily takes on their offer of a friendly partnership. He will earn the money and cook the food Dave will show him how to enjoy it. Dave takes him on a trip to Soho to give Ben his first taste of sex, and arranges a trip to the English seaside where the cold climate is compensated for by the nubile warmth of Miss Saffra, an ambitious miss determined to escape from the ghetto. Ben`s final education comes when he discovers that Saffra has no real love for him and that Dave and Devon were the thieves who stole his money. When Dave tries to sweet-talk Ben into lending him more money, Ben refuses and lets the swindler swindle himself. Innocence wins.

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