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Uprising

I think this mail came in ona Tuesday, I think it was, and I thought, "Well, maybe," but...

Uprising • S01E02 • 2021
I think this mail came in on
a Tuesday, I think it was, and I thought, "Well, maybe," but then when I look at
the mail, it was saying, "Oh, that was a great day when
all the niggers went up in smoke

Full Transcript

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I think this mail came in on a Tuesday, I think it was,
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and I thought, "Well, maybe,"
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but then when I look at the mail, it was saying,
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"Oh, that was a great day when all the niggers went up in smoke.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
51
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:59
Uploaded
Jun 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

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.
S01 • E01 [reporter] The Evelyn Estate in South East London - Uprising 00:08
[reporter] The Evelyn Estate in South East London
S01 • E02 I hope this one that mugged my mother, my grandmother," something so they say. - Uprising 00:06
I hope this one that mugged my mother, my grandmother,"...
S01 • E01 Here, the unemployed youngsters' - Uprising 00:07
Here, the unemployed youngsters'
S01 • E02 And how they went to the pub and had a drink. - Uprising 00:04
And how they went to the pub and had a drink.
S01 • E01 [woman] I put the purse my shopping bag - Uprising 00:13
[woman] I put the purse my shopping bag
S01 • E02 You don't know, and somebody could send a letter like that - Uprising 00:05
You don't know, and somebody could send a letter like t...
S01 • E01 [reporter] That old lady, the fear she and her friends have, - Uprising 00:10
[reporter] That old lady, the fear she and her friends have,
S01 • E02 A copy of the first letter which was sent out to the families. - Uprising 00:04
A copy of the first letter which was sent out to the familie...
S01 • E02 They have the gall to do it because the police are not attacking them. - Uprising 00:05
They have the gall to do it because the police are not attac...
S01 • E01 Mugging, it was just seen as being exclusively Black, - Uprising 00:09
Mugging, it was just seen as being exclusively Black,
S01 • E02 And one of them said that, "I hope he dies in hospital." - Uprising 00:12
And one of them said that, "I hope he dies in hospital....
S01 • E01 And the victims were white women, - Uprising 00:06
And the victims were white women,
S01 • E01 [Russell Profitt] I think as well, one's got to say - Uprising 00:06
[Russell Profitt] I think as well, one's got to say
S01 • E01 Now I hope that we move away from that, and as Black people... - Uprising 00:04
Now I hope that we move away from that, and as Black people....
S01 • E02 Sixteen years old, you wanna amputate my leg from my hip? - Uprising 00:05
Sixteen years old, you wanna amputate my leg from my hip?
S01 • E01 [Russell Profitt] My name is Russell Profitt, - Uprising 00:12
[Russell Profitt] My name is Russell Profitt,
S01 • E02 I had to get me a blind physio - Uprising 00:06
I had to get me a blind physio
S01 • E01 It really was very, very difficult to shift the public perception, - Uprising 00:09
It really was very, very difficult to shift the public perce...
S01 • E02 A third of my body got the worst burns. Do you know something? - Uprising 00:05
A third of my body got the worst burns. Do you know somethin...
S01 • E01 It was plastered all over the local newspapers. - Uprising 00:04
It was plastered all over the local newspapers.