Warner Bros. has revealed the official trailer for the musical drama Blinded by the Light [BLBLT] based on the memoir Greetings from Bury Park by journalist/writer Sarfraz Manzoor. Directed by Gurinder Chadha [GCHAD], Blinded by the Light hits theaters on August 14th.
1987, Margaret Thatcher’s England. Javed, a 16-year-old British Pakistani boy, lives in the town of Luton. His father’s recent job termination and the neighborhood skinheads are a daily reminder of the difficult times he’s living in. What young Javed really wants is to be a writer—something his father doesn’t approve of or understand—and when a new friend loans him a few Bruce Springsteen cassettes, Javed is changed forever. The Boss’s working-class anthems and affirming lyrics seem to speak directly to Javed, emboldening him to find his own voice as a writer, stand up to the racism around him, and challenge his father’s rigid ideals.
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