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Brixton BID would like to invite you to a special screening of Steve McQueen’s Uprising: The Front Line.
Uprising tells the extraordinary story of three intertwined events from 1981: the New Cross Fire, which killed 13 young black people; the Black People’s Day of Action; and the Brixton riots.
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.
Join us for a special screening followed by a panel discussion with Ros Griffith, Alex Wheatle, Clive Driscoll, Christopher iCha, George Rhoden, Director James Rogan, chaired by Lisa Anderson.
6.30pm – Doors open
7.00pm – Screening
8.00pm – Panel conversation & Q&A
9.00pm – Music in the bar