Riot
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.
Release Date
January 1, 1999Runtime
50 minGenres
DocumentaryDirected by
John AkomfrahWritten by
Edward GeorgeLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
Released
Crew16 crew members
