Watch anti-fascism documentary White Riot | Little White Lies

Watch anti-fas­cism doc­u­men­tary White Riot

22 May 2020

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A man playing an electric guitar on a stage before a large crowd in a black and white photograph.
A man playing an electric guitar on a stage before a large crowd in a black and white photograph.
Access an exclu­sive vir­tu­al pre­view of the Rock Against Racism film, in asso­ci­a­tion with All Points East.

To com­mem­o­rate the 1978 Rock Against Racism con­cert in London’s Vic­to­ria Park, where The Clash famous­ly took the stage to protest against racial prej­u­dice in the UK, we’ve teamed up with Mod­ern Films and All Point East for an exclu­sive pre­view of White Riot, a new film recount­ing the sto­ry of this his­toric musi­cal movement.

The 80-minute doc­u­men­tary com­bines raw archive footage and ret­ro­spec­tive inter­views to recre­ate the volatile social envi­ron­ment of Britain in the late 1970s. From its hum­ble begin­nings as a Hox­ton fanzine, RAR cap­tured the imag­i­na­tion and mood of an entire gen­er­a­tion, stick­ing two fin­gers up to fas­cism while cel­e­brat­ing the diver­si­ty of this proud­ly mul­ti­cul­tur­al nation.

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Win­ner of the Gri­er­son Award for Best Doc­u­men­tary at the 2019 BFI Lon­don Film Fes­ti­val, White Riot is avail­able to view online from 22 – 31 May, with a chunk of the pro­ceeds from each stream going to par­tic­i­pat­ing inde­pen­dent cinemas.

And join us on Fri­day 29 May at 8pm for a spe­cial live-streamed pan­el dis­cus­sion and musi­cal per­for­mance, host­ed by Kate Hutchin­son and fea­tur­ing direc­tor Rubi­ka Shah, RAR co-founder Roger Hud­dle and Jen­ny Hama­da from All Points East Fes­ti­val, as well as music guest Celeste Bell (daugh­ter of Poly Styrene, whose band X‑Ray Spex per­formed at the orig­i­nal RAR) plus more TBA.

Once pur­chased, you will be able to watch the film for the next 48 hours. For more infor­ma­tion, please check this FAQ. If you expe­ri­ence any tech­ni­cal issues, please con­tact info@​modernfilms.​com

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