Three new documentaries from award-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen (Hunger, 12 Years a Slave) – Uprising, Black Power: A British Story of Resistance and Subnormal: A British Scandal will premiere on Friday, September 17 on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S. and Canada.
Sheffield DocFest announced their 2021 full program including the World Premiere of Uprising, by Steve McQueen and James Rogan. Uprising is a vivid and visceral three-part series which examines three events from 1981: in January, the New Cross Fire which killed 13 black teenagers; in March, Black People’s Action Day, which saw more than 20,000 people join the first organized mass protest by black British people; and then the Brixton riots in April.