Resistance in a Hostile Environment

Activists tell the story of the seminal British Black Power movement of the 1960s.

How black children were routinely sent to schools for the educationally subnormal.

The story of the New Cross house fire of 1981, in which 13 young black people died.

The story of the aftermath of the New Cross fire and the demonstration that followed it.

How police tensions led to an unprecedented wave of riots in Britain during 1981.