Riot - 1999

Riot 1999 Directed by John Akomfrah

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.

Country United Kingdom

Production Country United Kingdom

Language English

Spoken Language English

Gnere Documentary

Production Companies Channel 4 Television , Smoking Dog Films

Release Date 1 January 1999

50 mins