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Expanding her () short documentary film, s energizing film charts a vital London protest movement. Rock Against Racism (RAR) was formed in 1976, prompted by musics biggest colonialist and his support of racist MP . blends fresh interviews with queasy archive footage to recreate a hostile environment of anti-immigrant hysteria and National Front marches. As neo-Nazis recruited the nations youth, RARs 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 1978s huge antifascist carnival in Victoria Park, featuring X-Ray Spex, Steel Pulse and of course The Clash, whose rock star charisma and gale-force conviction took RARs message to the masses.
Late 1970s Britain-the political power of the far-right National Front party is growing. Their fascist platform ironically attracts the support of blues enthusiasts Eric Clapton and Rod Stewart. Music fan, photographer, and underground activist Red Saunders responds by recruiting ethnically diverse musicians operating at the intersection of punk and ska to support Rock Against Racism, a multi-faceted DIY cultural movement that empowered Englands youth to defeat fascism at the polls.
Red Saunders
Self
The Clash
Themselves
Enoch Powell
Self - Conservative Politician
Marvin Webster
Self - Racist Demagogue
Roger Huddle
Self
David Bowie
Self
Kate Webb
Self - AKA Irate Kate
Ruth Gregory
Self - AKA Pink Heart
Dennis Bovell
Self
Oswald Mosley
Self - Leader of the British Union of Fascists
Colin Prescod
Self - Sociologist
Janet Street-Porter
Self - Journalist
Stuart Hall
Self - Professor of Sociology
Pauline Black
Self
Poly Styrene
Self
X-Ray Spex
Themselves
Paul Simonon
Self
Joe Strummer
Self
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