Riot (1999)
Overview
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.
Cast
Recommendations
Fuck
McQueen
LA 92
This Place Rules
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
35 Up
A Toxic Love Story
Come See Me in the Good Light
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
Voyeur
Boys State
DMT: The Spirit Molecule
Black Sheep
My Mom Jayne
Four Hours at the Capitol
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
O.J.: Made in America
Hell House
John Candy: I Like Me