1) Stream the film on Curzon Home Cinema (Running time 80 mins)
You can stream the film here for a limited time only (29 April - 3 May) We would suggest starting the film at 7 PM (UK) on Thursday, April 30th to finish in time for the online Q&A.
2) Join for a live Q&A with Curzon Living Room Q&As at 3:30 PM (EST) / 8:30 PM (UK)
Join for a Q&A hosted by Mark Kermode, featuring director Rubika Shah and live performances from guest musicians Namiwa Jazz and Lloyd Luther.
Rubika Shah’s energising film charts a vital London protest movement. Rock Against Racism (RAR) was formed in 1976, prompted by ‘music’s biggest colonialist’ Eric Clapton and his support of racist MP Enoch Powell. 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. As founder Red Saunders explains: ‘We peeled away the Union Jack to reveal the swastika’. The campaign grew from Hoxton fanzine roots to 1978’s huge antifascist carnival in Victoria Park, featuring X-Ray Spex, Steel Pulse and of course The Clash, whose rock-star charisma and gale-force conviction took RAR’s message to the masses.
Winner: Best Documentary, BFI London Film Festival 2019
Special Mention: Crystal Bear, Berlin International Film Festival 2020
JOIN US 30TH APRIL:
1) Stream the film on Curzon Home Cinema (Running time 80 mins)
You can stream the film here for a limited time only (29 April - 3 May) We would suggest starting the film at 7 PM (UK) on Thursday, April 30th to finish in time for the online Q&A.
2) Join for a live Q&A with Curzon Living Room Q&As at 3:30 PM (EST) / 8:30 PM (UK)
Join for a Q&A hosted by Mark Kermode, featuring director Rubika Shah and live performances from guest musicians Namiwa Jazz and Lloyd Luther.