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Uprising

There seemed to bethis gathering momentum about this sense of itbeing a racist attack, and...

Uprising • S01E02 • 2021
There seemed to be
this gathering momentum about this sense of it
being a racist attack, and we all believed that.
I still do. I still do

Full Transcript

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There seemed to be this gathering momentum
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about this sense of it being a racist attack,
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and we all believed that. I still do. I still do.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
53
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:12
Uploaded
Jun 07, 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 It felt like it was... like, I'd got sand all over my face. - Uprising 00:05
It felt like it was... like, I'd got sand all over my f...
S01 • E02 And when I approached Blackfriars Bridge, - Uprising 00:05
And when I approached Blackfriars Bridge,
S01 • E01 And the more I wiped it, the more the skin kept coming off of my face. - Uprising 00:05
And the more I wiped it, the more the skin kept coming off o...
S01 • E02 I thought, "Wow, I've never seen that amount of Black people in my life." - Uprising 00:08
I thought, "Wow, I've never seen that amount of Bl...
S01 • E01 I remember when I put my head out the window, - Uprising 00:05
I remember when I put my head out the window,
S01 • E01 And in the confusion, I am thinking, "Why am I getting burnt?" - Uprising 00:08
And in the confusion, I am thinking, "Why am I getting ...
S01 • E02 And I noticed from that point on, - Uprising 00:07
And I noticed from that point on,
S01 • E01 I was at the top of the house, and it's a three-story house. - Uprising 00:05
I was at the top of the house, and it's a three-story h...
S01 • E02 It seemed like they were expecting some kind of battle. - Uprising 00:04
It seemed like they were expecting some kind of battle.
S01 • E01 So I was at the top in the back - Uprising 00:10
So I was at the top in the back
S01 • E02 We carried on down the road towards Blackfriars Bridge. - Uprising 00:05
We carried on down the road towards Blackfriars Bridge.
S01 • E02 And, as we went down, some reports came in - Uprising 00:06
And, as we went down, some reports came in
S01 • E01 Um, we could hear someone shouting, "Fire, fire, fire!" - Uprising 00:07
Um, we could hear someone shouting, "Fire, fire, fire!&...
S01 • E02 [camera shutter clicking] - Uprising 00:07
[camera shutter clicking]
S01 • E01 Yvonne started to run downstairs, shouting for her mum. - Uprising 00:05
Yvonne started to run downstairs, shouting for her mum.
S01 • E01 David then ran after her, - Uprising 00:11
David then ran after her,
S01 • E02 [camera shutter clicking] - Uprising 00:10
[camera shutter clicking]
S01 • E01 And you can't see anything, you can't breathe, - Uprising 00:06
And you can't see anything, you can't breathe,
S01 • E02 It was like we was coming now into the heart of London, - Uprising 00:06
It was like we was coming now into the heart of London,
S01 • E01 There was about four people just standing up on that wall, - Uprising 00:07
There was about four people just standing up on that wall,