The Riots 2011: One Week in August
MovieTitle | The Riots 2011: One Week in August |
User score | 6 |
Release date | Aug 9, 2021 |
Genre | Documentary, Crime |
Director | James Jones |
Production country | United Kingdom |
Production companies | Top Hat Productions, BBC |
Run time | 88 min. |
2011 saw the largest wave of disorder in the UK since the 1980s. This revelatory film hears from the people who experienced the riots up close and personal. A decade on, we look back at the summer of 2011 through the eyes of those whose lives have never been the same since. In a series of candid interviews, we hear the story from all angles. Convicted rioters, frontline police, a judge, a government advisor and a grieving father look back at that week in August, and the years that followed, to piece together what really happened and why.