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Uprising

TheBlack People's Day of Action made the ruling classes situp and take note of the fact...

Uprising • S01E02 • 2021
[protestors chanting] [Linton Kwesi Johnson] The
Black People's Day of Action made the ruling classes sit
up and take note of the fact that we had the power and we were able to
mobilize that power

Full Transcript

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[protestors chanting]
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[Linton Kwesi Johnson] The Black People's Day of Action
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made the ruling classes sit up and take note of the fact
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that we had the power
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and we were able to mobilize that power.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
49
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:11
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 [chuckles] I was like, "Whatever is happening, I ain't dying." - Uprising 00:08
[chuckles] I was like, "Whatever is happening, I ain�...
S01 • E01 Feeling for a drainpipe now, 'cause my eyes was hurting... - Uprising 00:04
Feeling for a drainpipe now, 'cause my eyes was hurting...
S01 • E02 Today, Black groups staged a protest march to Blackfriars Bridge. - Uprising 00:05
Today, Black groups staged a protest march to Blackfriars Br...
S01 • E02 There was more trouble in Fleet Street - Uprising 00:05
There was more trouble in Fleet Street
S01 • E02 With a march of this magnitude, with the feeling as it is, - Uprising 00:06
With a march of this magnitude, with the feeling as it is,
S01 • E01 I think my head just about got below - Uprising 00:07
I think my head just about got below
S01 • E02 [news reporter] I think some people, though, - Uprising 00:04
[news reporter] I think some people, though,
S01 • E02 I would like to be able to achieve the slogan - Uprising 00:12
I would like to be able to achieve the slogan
S01 • E01 I ended up falling down - Uprising 00:08
I ended up falling down
S01 • E01 [crash] - Uprising 00:08
[crash]
S01 • E02 It was almost as if the emotion that was being felt - Uprising 00:07
It was almost as if the emotion that was being felt
S01 • E01 I had smashed my hip into a hundred odd pieces, - Uprising 00:10
I had smashed my hip into a hundred odd pieces,
S01 • E02 It was almost as if the media didn't equate feelings and emotion - Uprising 00:11
It was almost as if the media didn't equate feelings an...
S01 • E03 I know that Andrew is not going to come back, - Uprising 00:28
I know that Andrew is not going to come back,
S01 • E02 [Linton Kwesi Johnson] The response of the press was disgraceful: - Uprising 00:07
[Linton Kwesi Johnson] The response of the press was disgrac...
S01 • E01 I was getting really worried, I thought Paul hasn't come out. - Uprising 00:05
I was getting really worried, I thought Paul hasn't com...
S01 • E01 [sirens blare] - Uprising 00:05
[sirens blare]
S01 • E02 [Linton Kwesi Johnson, reciting poetry] Instead of raising the alarm - Uprising 00:10
[Linton Kwesi Johnson, reciting poetry] Instead of raising t...
S01 • E01 I don't know why he come over to me, he come running over to me, - Uprising 00:12
I don't know why he come over to me, he come running ov...
S01 • E02 And the police, them plot and scheme - Uprising 00:21
And the police, them plot and scheme