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White Riot
Gripping documentary on the birth and life of the anti-racist movement Rock Against Racism
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RUBIKA SHAH’S feature-length directorial debut expertly documents the emergence of Rock Against Racism (RAR) that emerged in 1976, just as punk was exploding across Britain.
Using intriguing archive material, eschewing editorialisation and allowing the seven-year story of RAR to be told in the words of those involved, White Riot sidesteps the cliches and pitfalls easily fallen into when portraying punk, or indeed British life, in the mid to late-1970s.
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