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Uprising

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Runtime: 60m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

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Steve McQueen and James Rogan’s Uprising examines three pivotal events from 1981 and how they defined race relations in Britain for a generation.

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Director: Steve McQueen, James Rogan
Status: Ended
First aired: Jul 20, 2021
Network: BBC One
Studio: Rogan Productions, Lammas Park

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3 hrs

3 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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SERIES

Uprising

20211 Season60m episodes7.8

Documentary

TMDB7.8

Votes5

Your rating

Runtime: 60m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

About

Steve McQueen and James Rogan’s Uprising examines three pivotal events from 1981 and how they defined race relations in Britain for a generation.

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet.

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E1 · Airs Jul 20, 2021 · 1h 0m
Fire
In the early hours of 18 January 1981, in a house in south London, a birthday party ended in a fire. Thirteen young black British people died. The fire and its aftermath would ignite an uprising by the black British community. This film tells the stories of the young people who were at the party and the events that led up to it.
E2 · Airs Jul 21, 2021 · 1h 0m
Blame
The story of the aftermath of the New Cross fire and the run up to the Black People's Day of Action. As news spread about the fire at 439 New Cross Road, the scale of the tragedy overwhelmed the local community. Amid uncertainty about whether the fire had been caused by a racist firebomb attack, anger mounted at the police investigation and the seeming indifference of the press and the government to the loss of so many black lives. The Black People's Day of Action, a mass demonstration, was organised to bring the tragedy to the attention of the nation.
E3 · Airs Jul 22, 2021 · 1h 0m
The Front Line
After the New Cross fire and the Black People's Day of Action, tensions between the community and the police escalated when a massive stop-and-search operation was launched, targeting black people on the streets of Brixton. In April, the situation boiled over into one of the biggest riots in British history. Buildings were burned down and hundreds of police injured. Riots then flared up all over the country, from Southall to Toxteth, but by the year's end, the people of New Cross were no closer to knowing who started the New Cross fire or why - and a lack of answers and justice has lingered over the case ever since.

Details

Director: Steve McQueen, James Rogan
Status: Ended
First aired: Jul 20, 2021
Network: BBC One
Studio: Rogan Productions, Lammas Park

Time to finish

3 hrs

3 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

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