Bande originale
White Riot
Swiss Premiere
Rubika Shah / United Kingdom / 2020 / 81 min / Documentary
English / Subtitles French
English / Subtitles French
The rise of punk music in the UK will coincide with an outbreak of xenophobic fever. Two irreconcilable trends. A noisy and furious return to the end of the 1970s and one of the most fiery concerts in the history of rock music. A committed and furious documentary.
“White riot, I want to riot. White riot, a riot of our own...” In 1977, The Clash, whose motto was “No Elvis, no Beatles, no Stones”, released their first single White Riot, symbolizing the birth of the punk movement. This hymn would drive a furious movement against uninhibited racism. On April 30th 1978, 100,000 people gathered in London for a concert organized by Rock Against Racism activists. A fiery and seminal documentary that bizarrely echoes current events.
Direction
Rubika Shah
Screenplay
Rubika Shah, Ed Gibbs
Image
Susanne Salavati
Editing
Rubika Shah
Production
Smoking Bear (Ed Gibbs)
With
Red Saunders, Roger Huddle, Kate Webb, The Clash, Steel Pulse, Tom Robinson, Poly Styrene, Sham 69, Alien Kulture
International sales
Visit Films (Tarek Shoukri)