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Uprising

Now I hope that we move awayfrom that, and as Black people

Uprising • S01E01 • 2021
Now I hope that we move away
from that, and as Black people

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Now I hope that we move away from that, and as Black people...
Duration
4 seconds
Views
49
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:56
Uploaded
Jun 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 [Russell Profitt] My name is Russell Profitt, - Uprising 00:12
[Russell Profitt] My name is Russell Profitt,
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 • 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.
S01 • E02 Right, I was at Greenwich Hospital, which is not a burns unit, - Uprising 00:08
Right, I was at Greenwich Hospital, which is not a burns uni...
S01 • E01 Incidents were happening everywhere. - Uprising 00:04
Incidents were happening everywhere.
S01 • E01 When you looked at the facts, that was not the case, - Uprising 00:17
When you looked at the facts, that was not the case,
S01 • E02 So now, while my burns have healed up, I can't move. - Uprising 00:05
So now, while my burns have healed up, I can't move.
S01 • E02 He can only feel what he's doing, and he'd take my arm from this position, - Uprising 00:06
He can only feel what he's doing, and he'd take my...
S01 • E02 And the skin from here to here used to tear - Uprising 00:07
And the skin from here to here used to tear
S01 • E01 They're always on about, saying Black youths mugging old women and all that, - Uprising 00:07
They're always on about, saying Black youths mugging ol...
S01 • E02 My godmother worked at the hospital, - Uprising 00:15
My godmother worked at the hospital,
S01 • E01 At the time, the Black community found themselves - Uprising 00:10
At the time, the Black community found themselves
S01 • E02 'Cause he literally ripped my skin open every day. - Uprising 00:04
'Cause he literally ripped my skin open every day.
S01 • E01 Um, I think that people seem to think that Blacks are easy targets. - Uprising 00:05
Um, I think that people seem to think that Blacks are easy t...
S01 • E02 [Leila Hassan] We called a meeting on Tuesday, - Uprising 00:11
[Leila Hassan] We called a meeting on Tuesday,
S01 • E01 There was a sort of a-an arrest spree... - Uprising 00:05
There was a sort of a-an arrest spree...
S01 • E01 21 young people arrested on suspicion of muggings. - Uprising 00:06
21 young people arrested on suspicion of muggings.