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  • 2020
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2020
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 20 m

Summary Britain, late-1970s. Punk is exploding. The country is deeply divided over immigration. The National Front, a far-right and fascist political party, is gaining strength as politicians like Enoch Powell push a xenophobic agenda. Outraged by a racist speech from Eric Clapton, music photographer Red Saunders writes a letter to the music pre...

Directed By: Rubika Shah

Written By: Ed Gibbs, Rubika Shah

  • 2020
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2020
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 20 m

White Riot

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary Britain, late-1970s. Punk is exploding. The country is deeply divided over immigration. The National Front, a far-right and fascist political party, is gaining strength as politicians like Enoch Powell push a xenophobic agenda. Outraged by a racist speech from Eric Clapton, music photographer Red Saunders writes a letter to the music pre...

Directed By: Rubika Shah

Written By: Ed Gibbs, Rubika Shah

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89
Oct 21, 2020
Through contemporary and vintage interviews, animation and live footage, White Riot insightfully and vividly details RAR’s reclamation of young Britain’s soul.
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83
Oct 15, 2020
What’s most unsettling and provocative about White Riot is how current it feels. Because of this, perhaps White Riot’s greatest achievement is that it takes something that can cause sneers and eye-rolling—committed cultural and political action—and make it feel both necessary and triumphant.
By Christopher Schobert FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 16, 2020
The filmmaker has given us a pitch-perfect, punk-as-fuck portrait of a movement. She’s also reminded us that, regardless of bygone victories, the fight still goes on. Here’s a blueprint for resistance.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 15, 2020
Rubika Shah’s smart, spirited feature debut is a whistle-stop tour of a DIY uprising.
By Simran Hans FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 15, 2020
An excellent brief documentary about a heroic grassroots political movement whose importance reveals itself more clearly in retrospect with every year that passes.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 15, 2020
White Riot is a belligerently hopeful film: Shah vividly depicts the insidious violence of racism, but she also renders its futility in the face of community, and of music’s limitless power to unite and strengthen.
By Christopher Machell FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 15, 2020
White Riot is a timely, engaging exercise in social and cultural history, but a wider focus might have given it deeper context and broader marketability.
By Stephen Dalton FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Smoking Bear Productions, Creative England, National Lottery, Visit Films
Release Date Oct 16, 2020
Duration 1 h 20 m
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Tagline The untold story of how a motley crew of punks stood up against racism.
Website http://whiteriot-movie.com/
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Awards

Krakow Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
London Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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