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White Riot: London

About

In 1977, immigration divides Britain. What happens when a punk fanzine challenges the status quo?

Screens with Documentary Shorts Program

YEAR 2016

SECTION Shorts Program

COUNTRY United Kingdom

RUN TIME 9 min

COMPANY Smoking Bear Productions

WEBSITE http://www.smokingbearproductions.com

EMAIL edinkgibbs@gmail.com

PHONE +44 7432305103

Credits

Director	Rubika Shah
Screenwriter	Ed Gibbs Rubika Shah
Producer	Ed Gibbs
Cinematographers	Nicola Daley Catherine Goldschmidt
Editor	Rubika Shah
Composer	Aisling Brouwer
Photographs	Syd Shelton
Actor	Nadine Shah Nezyah Suli Breaks Russell Proffitt Red Saunders Tom Robinson

Artist Bio

Rubika Shah

Rubika Shah is a filmmaker, writer, and journalist. She has directed a number of documentary shorts for BBC which explore the works of Spike Lee, Gore Vidal, and others. Her documentary short about David Bowie's Let's Dance music video and MTV’s birth screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Hot Docs, and BFI London Film Festival. She is currently developing a feature documentary about music, punk, and politics with Creative England.