Black Joy (1977)

Black Joy: Directed by Anthony Simmons. With Norman Beaton, Trevor Thomas, Dawn Hope, Floella Benjamin. An innocent and unsophisticated Guyanan immigrant is exposed to the hustlin’ way of life of the Brixton ghetto.

“this film is not to be taken seriously.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ethe character u0026#39;Daveu0026#39; played by the late Norman beaton would never be able to con another man so blatantly as he does in the film. in fact once Dave starts conning the u0026#39;country boyu0026#39; you cant help hoping that the so called u0026#39;country boyu0026#39; would realise he is being taken for a fool and give Dave a good hiding!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003einstead all u0026#39;country boyu0026#39; does is give Dave £50 in exchange for a car(which should have gone to Daveu0026#39;s friend) and he cant even drive it! Dave walks off laughing, and u0026#39;country boyu0026#39; attempts to drive his new car! u0026#39;black joyu0026#39; cannot be taken seriously. lastly why was the film named u0026#39;black joyu0026#39;? throughout the whole film there are arguments,fights,cheating,etc but no joy? unless we are to believe that black people only feel happy when they are robbing and cheating each other?”