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Riot

19990h 50m10.0/ 10 · TMDB · 1 votes
Documentary

John Akomfrah’s seminal Riot traces the riots in Liverpool during July 1981 in a climate of economic recession under Thatcher’s regime. Akomfrah captures this turning point in Britain’s struggle towards multicultural democracy through interviews revealing the ghettoisation and racial abuse in Toxteth that escalated with stop-and-search policing tactics following the “sus” laws.

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Directed by John Akomfrah

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Ansh Kapoor

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Paul Barber
Paul Barber

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Film details

Released1 Jan 1999
Original languageEnglish
CountriesUnited Kingdom
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