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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. Season’s Change, The (1968)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution

    The action that accompanied the Democratic Party Convention in Chicago in 1968 and the events that led up to it. Deals with the theme of corruption in American politics.

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  6. Astor Place Riot (Audio)

    aka: Episode 96

    Producer
    Esther French; Richard Paul
    Subject
    Shakespeare

    How did the staging of two simultaneous productions of Macbeth result in a riot that killed almost 30 people on May 10 1849? To shed light on this extraordinary event, Barbara Bogaev interviews two leading...

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  7. Astor Place Riots, The (Radio)

    Producer
    Merilyn Harris
    Subject
    History

    Radio documentary about one of the bloodiest riots in New York’s history that took its toll during a performance of Macbeth at the Astor Place Opera House, New York, on May 10, 1849. Tim Pigott-Smith...

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