White Riot: London

Generation 14plus 2017

Rubika Shah, whose Let's Dance: Bowie Down Under was screened in Generation, documents social tensions in 1970s London, fanzine style. The right-wing National Front's mobilisation against supposed foreigners is going unchecked. A youthful countermovement arises, with a rallying cry of ‘Smash the Nazis’, and new and rebellious music. Their attitude and drive live on in those who still use art to oppose social evils.

by Rubika Shah United Kingdom 2016 English 9’ Colour Documentary form

Crew

Director	Rubika Shah
Screenplay	Rubika Shah, Ed Gibbs
Cinematography	Nicola Daley, Catherine Goldschmidt
Editing	Rubika Shah
Music	Aisling Brouwer
Sound	Steven Boardman
Producer	Ed Gibbs

Produced by

Smoking Bear Productions

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Rubika Shah

The British-Australian journalist and filmmaker produces television programmes on the arts and culture for BBC News. Her first short film, the satire Liberty de Liberty, screened at festivals including Byron Bay and St Kilda in Australia. Her film Let’s Dance: Bowie Down Under featured in the 2015 Generation programme where she also presented her short film White Riot: London in 2017.

Filmography (short films)

2014 Liberty de Liberty 2015 Let’s Dance: Bowie Down Under; short documentary 2014 Let’s Dance: Bowie Down Under 2017 White Riot: London; short documentary 2016 White Riot: London 2019 White Riot; documentary

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2020