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John Akomfrahs seminal Riot traces the riots in Liverpool during July 1981 in a climate of economic recession under Thatchers regime Akomfrah captures this turning point in Britains struggle towards multicultural democracy through interviews revealing the ghettoisation and racial abuse in Toxteth that escalated with stopandsearch policing tactics following the sus laws
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Smoking Dog Films Channel 4 Television