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Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (2013)

Director

Mike Lerner; Maxim Pozdorovkin

Subject

Politics & government; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 88 minutes), £12.99

PUSSY RIOT: A PUNK PRAYER is a documentary about the Russian punk rock group and feminist collective. In February 2012 three members of band performed at Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour where they...

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TV schedule to change for riot discussions

Date

10 Aug 2011, 15:32

Author

Cathy Grant

Post Type

Post

Television schedules are being changed to accommodate discussions on the recent riots. BBC 1 is producing a Panorama Special - The August Riots - in which John Sweeney will report on the rioting....

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Bad Religion: The Riot (2002)

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 53 min), £17.99

20 minutes of footage of the riot that ensued on 29 December 1990 when the fire marshalls decided to cancel a gig by Bad Religion (supported by Pennywise and NOFX) at the El Portal Theater in North...

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Riot Night (2011)

Subject

History; Social Studies

A documentary film detailing filmmakers’ experiences of the August 2011 riots in England. (52 minutes)

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Punk Singer, The (2014)

Director

Sini Anderson

Subject

Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 81 minutes), £9.99

Documentary about Kathleen Hanna, singer with the bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, who as leader of the Riot Grrrl movement, became a feminist icon and spokeswoman.

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Maïdan (2015)

aka: Maidan

Director

Sergei Loznitsa

Producer

Sergei Loznitsa

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 131), £15.99

Documentary. Chronicles a civil uprising in Kiev in the winter of 2013/2014 against the regime of President Yanukovyv. The film follows the progress of the revolution from peaceful allies in Maïdan Square...

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Riot (1981 Video)

Producer

Antonia Benedek

Subject

History

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 48 min.

Liverpool’s Toxteth and many London suburbs were all scenes of violent rioting in 1981. The riots have been attributed to numerous causes but Simon Winchester argues that civil disorder has been part of...

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Children of God (1991 Video)

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

An insight into the South Africa police, in which officers talk frankly about their work and their politics. Follows members of the Cape Riot Unit during a time of unrest in Cape Town. Both black and white...

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Detroit (2017)

Director

Kathryn Bigelow

Subject

American Studies; Film studies

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 143 minutes), £4.99

A report of gunshots prompts the Detroit Police to search the Algiers Motel. A group of young people staying there are forcefully and viciously interrogated by the riot task force. By the end of the night,...

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Can Maths Predict a Riot? (2013)

Subject

Mathematics; Social sciences

This video came about as a result of work done by Dr Hannah Fry at University College, London, looking at the 2011 London riots from a mathematical perspective. While looking into the data behind the events,...

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