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Synopsis

Blending fresh interviews with archive footage, this energizing film documents a vital London protest movement. Rock Against Racism (RAR) was formed in 1976, 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. 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 concert in Victoria Park, featuring X-Ray Spex, Steel Pulse, Tom Robinson and of course The Clash, whose rock star charisma and gale-force conviction took RAR's message to the masses.

Cast

  • Pauline Black
  • Topper Headon
  • Mick Jones
  • Dennis Bovell
  • Paul Simonon
  • Joe Strummer
  • Mykaell S Riley
  • Poly Styrene

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Metacritic

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.

Metacritic review by David Fear
David Fear
Rolling Stone
80
Oct 15, 2020

One of the many things that White Riot, a documentary about RAR directed by Rubika Shah, brings home is that the world could still use more somethings against racism.

Metacritic review by Glenn Kenny
Glenn Kenny
The New York Times