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Uprising

We called ourselvesthe "Ghetto posse," but the police createdthat ghetto where

Uprising • S01E01 • 2021
We called ourselves
the "Ghetto posse," but the police created
that ghetto where

Full Transcript

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We called ourselves the "Ghetto posse,"
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but the police created that ghetto where...
Duration
7 seconds
Views
288
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:19
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 The way how you policed it and handled it, - Uprising 00:06
The way how you policed it and handled it,
S01 • E01 Back in our day, the police used to pick you up as a youngster. - Uprising 00:05
Back in our day, the police used to pick you up as a youngst...
S01 • E02 There was also talk of a cylinder being found in the garden - Uprising 00:06
There was also talk of a cylinder being found in the garden
S01 • E01 They take you down the police station, or they take you in the back of the van, - Uprising 00:07
They take you down the police station, or they take you in t...
S01 • E02 [Jim] The petrol bomb theory, at that stage, - Uprising 00:09
[Jim] The petrol bomb theory, at that stage,
S01 • E02 We took the decision fairly early on - Uprising 00:13
We took the decision fairly early on
S01 • E01 [♪ reggae music playing] - Uprising 00:10
[♪ reggae music playing]
S01 • E01 By the late '70s, at the end of my 18 months in the cadets, - Uprising 00:10
By the late '70s, at the end of my 18 months in the cad...
S01 • E02 There were no shattered window glass across the room. - Uprising 00:04
There were no shattered window glass across the room.
S01 • E02 Typically, you find the neck and the base of the bottle, - Uprising 00:07
Typically, you find the neck and the base of the bottle,
S01 • E01 Considerable Afro-Caribbean population. - Uprising 00:04
Considerable Afro-Caribbean population.
S01 • E01 I've lived in Bexley Heath, I've been trained in Hendon. - Uprising 00:04
I've lived in Bexley Heath, I've been trained in H...
S01 • E02 We did lots of notes and drawings and sketches. - Uprising 00:05
We did lots of notes and drawings and sketches.
S01 • E01 Black faces I think frightened me. - Uprising 00:05
Black faces I think frightened me.
S01 • E02 Now, the front garden had obviously been cordoned off - Uprising 00:12
Now, the front garden had obviously been cordoned off
S01 • E01 And I pretty quickly learned that there was - Uprising 00:10
And I pretty quickly learned that there was
S01 • E02 It was rather like a cigar chew, - Uprising 00:15
It was rather like a cigar chew,
S01 • E01 People were fitted up with bags of drugs, - Uprising 00:05
People were fitted up with bags of drugs,
S01 • E01 And so often, they were young Black people. - Uprising 00:05
And so often, they were young Black people.
S01 • E01 When I'm walking on the streets at night, - Uprising 00:04
When I'm walking on the streets at night,