Rent White Riot (2019)
3.6 of 5 from 136 ratings
1h 20min
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- Synopsis:
- Rubika Shah's energising film charts a vital national protest movement - Rock Against Racism (RAR), formed in 1976. 'White Riot' blends fresh interviews with queasy archive footage to recreate a hostile environment of anti-immigrant hysteria and National Front marches. As neo-Nazis recruited the nation's youth, RAR's multicultural punk and reggae gigs provided rallying points for resistance. The campaign grew from Hoxton fanzine roots to 1978's huge antifascist carnival in Victoria Park, featuring X-Ray Spex, Steel Pulse, Tom Robinson and of course The Clash, whose rock star charisma and gale-force conviction took RAR's message to the masses.
- Actors:
- Red Saunders, Dennis Bovell, Mykael S. Riley, Pervez Bilgrami, Pauline Black, The Clash, Ruth Gregory, Stuart Hall, Topper Headon, David Hinds, Roger Huddle, Mick Jones, Misty In Roots, Joe Pearce, Enoch Powell, Colin Prescod, Jimmy Pursey, Tom Robinson, Sham 69, Syd Shelton
- Directors:
- Rubika Shah
- Producers:
- Ed Gibbs
- Writers:
- Ed Gibbs, Rubika Shah
- Studio:
- Modern Films
- Genres:
- Documentary, Music & Musicals, Performing Arts, Special Interest
