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Uprising is a three-part documentary series made for the BBC by Steve McQueen and James Rogan. The series is about the tragedy and aftermath of events in 1981 which it argues would go on to define race relations in the United Kingdom for a generation. [1] [2] In May 2022, Uprising won a television BAFTA for Factual Series. [3]
"Uprising" depicts the devastating 1981 New Cross Fire in which 13 young Black British people died. The fire has long been considered a racist attack.
The 1981 Brixton riot, or Brixton uprising, [1] was a series of clashes between mainly black youths and the Metropolitan Police in Brixton, London, ... [3] resulted ...
In January 1981, a fire at a party in the […] The three-part series will explore three seminal events of 1981 that changed race relations in the U.K. and defined them for a generation.
Steve McQueen will premiere three new documentaries — “Uprising,” “Black Power: A British Story of Resistance” and “Subnormal: A British Scandal” — on Amazon Prime Video on Sept. 17.
Reubens developed his Pee-wee character at the Groundlings. After a failed audition for Saturday Night Live, Reubens debuted a stage show starring Pee-wee, The Pee-wee Herman Show, in 1981. Pee-wee became an instant cult figure and, for the next decade, Reubens was completely committed to his character, doing all of his public appearances and ...
Steve McQueen will further cement his creative partnership with the BBC by co-directing a documentary series on three dramatic events in the UK in 1981 that defined race relations for a generation.
The Uprising Tour was a concert tour organised to support the album Uprising by Bob Marley and the Wailers. It was Marley's last tour [ 1 ] and the biggest music tour of Europe in that year. The tour started at the Hallenstadion in Zürich , Switzerland, where Marley performed for the first time, on 30 May 1980, and ended at the Stanley Theater ...