In 2018, Riot and The Dance: Earth released on 1,100 screens around the U.S.While we reached tens of thousands of viewers in those screenings, too many of our closest educational allies and friends (in the U.S. and around the world) were left without any access to the film. And every time there was an NF march, there was another riot.Focussing the mind was the fact that there was an election on its way, as the exhausted Labour Government went to the polls, and there were fears the National Front might even get into Parliament.It was a challenge to the Rock Against Racism crowd, who by now included the Clash, of course, but also X-Ray Spex, Pauline and the Penetrations, and the always-welcome Tom Robinson.They were constantly in danger from National Front skinheads, with very little help from the police whose behavior at the time came under increasingly critical scrutiny.The Establishment was skeptical – who do these punks think they are?But the end result was a triumph, albeit a temporary one.


And he was joined by other, more distressing figures – among them David Bowie and Eric Clapton.So, fighting rock superstars with punk yobbos, came an outfit called Rock Against Racism, whose leaders tell their story in Red Saunders was a freelance photographer for the NME. It was hailed as a victory for “people power” when subsequently the National Front was trounced in the polls.But sadly, so were a lot of other people. There were strikes and angry protests in the streets.

Margaret Thatcher won that election, and power shifted from the idiot right wing of the National Front’s skinheads to the rather more insidious right wing of the neo-liberals. Show these disaffected kids a better way through music.All a little naive, especially in 1976. WINNER - BEST DOCUMENTARY BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL . Her previous work includes the proof-of-concept short WHITE RIOT: LONDON, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and the Berlinale Crystal Bear-nominated LET’S DANCE: BOWIE DOWN UNDER, a rare mini-doc about David Bowie and MTV, which screened nationally through Picturehouse in 2017. White Riot won the Grierson Award for Documentary Film at the 2019 London Film Festival.

A key documentarian of the UK reggae and punk scene, he’s drawn together a series of tracks that have influenced him for Spiritland.’ Registered in England and Wales - Company Number 10839196Modern Films, 11-13 Charlotte Street, London, England, W1T 1RH, United Kingdom Following the Rock Against Racism movement of the 1970s, WHITE RIOT reveals both the nastiness of the rising National Front at the time and the amazing power of music, activism and real desire for social change at a grassroots level. White Riot Screening + Q&A + Afterparty at Govanhill International Festival Watch at Home We are delighted to be partnering with Glasgow Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR), Smoking Bear and Modern Films on the opening event of the Govanhill International Festival and Carnival 2020. Forty years later, these battles are still going on.To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: His books include contributions from people incluing Noel Gallagher, Tony Blair, Tracey Emin, Jimmy Page, Bryan Ferry, Laura Marling, Sir John Major, Steve Coogan, Irvine Wesh, Joan Armatrading, Jerry Dammers, Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn and many, many more...Rubika Shah’s critically acclaimed feature documentary WHITE RIOT won the Grierson Award for Best Documentary at the 2019 BFI London Film Festival, and a Special Mention at the 2020 Berlinale. There was pure anarchy, led by the Sex Pistols. Following the Rock Against Racism movement of the 1970s, WHITE RIOT reveals both the nastiness of the rising National Front at the time and the amazing power of music, activism and real desire for social change at a grassroots level.
As well as her own releases, she was part of the last line up of The Slits. There was social justice, championed by the Clash. Stream More Movies & Shows Like White Riot