White Riot + Q&A

Name: White Riot + Q&A
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-08-13
Duration: 1 h 20 min
Cast: Red Saunders, Dennis Bovell, Mykaell Riley

<div style="direction: ltr;"><div style="direction: ltr;"><div style="direction: ltr;">This screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Rubika Shah. </div><div style="direction: ltr;"><br></div><div style="direction: ltr;">Rubika Shah’s award-winning and energising film charts a vital national protest movement. Rock Against Racism (RAR) was formed in 1976, prompted by ‘music’s biggest colonialist’ Eric Clapton and his support of racist MP Enoch Powell. </div><div style="direction: ltr;"><br></div><div style="direction: ltr;">White Riot 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 nation’s youth, RAR’s multicultural punk and reggae gigs provided rallying points for resistance. As co-founder Red Saunders explains: ‘We peeled away the Union Jack to reveal the swastika’. </div><div style="direction: ltr;"><br></div><div style="direction: ltr;">The campaign grew from Hoxton fanzine roots to 1978’s 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 RAR’s message to the masses.</div><div style="direction: ltr;"><br></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_MSFontService, -apple-system, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rock Against Racism's legacy in Scotland today includes the Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) campaign and Govanhill International Festival & Carnival. Both were inspired by Rock Against Racism's militant entertainment strategy that used art and creativity to forge unity against the far right. Between 1-16 August LMHR aims to inform and entertain you with a series of events uncovering RAR’s history in Scotland, which includes this screening, plus an exhibition, and some specially-curated gigs to inspire a new generation. </span><br></div></div></div>DocumentaryPT1H20M152026-08-13

Red Saunders

Dennis Bovell

Mykaell Riley

Rubika Shah

White Riot + Q&A"White Riot + Q&A"

Showtimes

August 13, 8:20 pm