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Black Power: A British Story of Resistance

An examination of the Black Power movement in the late 1960s in the UK, surveying both the individuals and the cultural forces that defined the era.

An examination of the Black Power movement in the late 1960s in the UK, surveying both the individuals and the cultural forces that defined the era.

At the heart of the documentary is a series of astonishing interviews with past activists, many of whom are speaking for the first time about what it was really like to be involved in the British Black Power movement, bringing to life one of the key cultural revolutions in the history of the nation.

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1 hour, 29 minutes

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Last on

Mon 4 Oct 202123:15

Music Played

  • Small Faces

    Whatcha Gonna Do About It

  • Nina Simone

    Revolution (Part 1)

  • James Brown

    Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)

  • Nina Simone

    Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead)

  • Elton John

    Young, Gifted and Black

  • Niney, Winston "Niney" Holness

    Blood & Fire

  • The Last Poets

    When The Revolution Comes

  • Ken Parker

    I Can't Hide

  • Peter Tosh

    Them A Fi Get A Beaten

  • MC Solaar

    Ca Me Hante

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Coming In From The Cold

Credits

RoleContributor
DirectorGeorge Amponsah
EditorBrett Irwin
ProducerHelen Bart
Executive ProducerEmma Loach
Executive ProducerClare Sillery
Executive ProducerSteve McQueen
Executive ProducerJames Rogan
Executive ProducerSoleta Rogan
Executive ProducerTracey Scoffield
Executive ProducerDavid Tanner
Production CompanyRogan Productions Ltd (Scotland)
Production CompanyLammas Park
Production CompanyTurbine Studios

Broadcasts

  • Thu 25 Mar 202121:00
  • Wed 31 Mar 202123:30
  • Thu 1 Apr 202100:30
  • Mon 5 Apr 202101:00
  • Mon 4 Oct 202123:15

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