Documentary chonicling the Rock Against Racism (RAR) movement in 1970s UK. RAR was formed during a hostile environment of anti-immigrant...
Documentary chonicling the Rock Against Racism (RAR) movement in 1970s UK. RAR was formed during 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.
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 concert in Victoria Park, featuring X-Ray Spex, Steel Pulse, Tom Robinson and The Clash, whose rock star charisma and gale-force conviction took RAR's message to the masses.
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- Award winner
- Winner of Best Feature (Special Mention of the Generation 14plus International Jury) at Berlin Film Festival 2020, and Best Documentary at London Film Festival 2019.
- Rating
- 15, very strong language, racist behaviour
- Runtime
- 80
- Genre
- Documentary, Music
- Country of origin
- UK