Tuesday 6 September 2005

Who Shot The Sheriff?

Love Music Hate Racism, Amicus, and Metropolis present 'Who Shot the Sheriff". The London premiere of Alan Miles’ Rock Against Racism documentary featuring live performances from HARD-FI, THE BEAT, ROLL DEEP, SONIC BOOM SIX. Plus very special surprise guests + RAR star DJ sets & appearances including Jerry Dammers (The Specials), DJ Scratchy (The Clash's tour DJ), Neville Staples (The Specials). Doors 7.30pm. Film showing 8-9pm sharp. First band 9.15pm. Curfew 2am.
Supported by Ethical Threads. All proceeds to Love Music Hate Racism. Info & flyer download: www.lmhr.org.uk Tickets: £15 + booking fee http://www.gigsandtours.com/?link=who+shot+the+sheriff&site=wstsheriff. Directed by Alan Miles the film tracks the rise of racism and the National Front in Britain during the 70s - and how a generation, black and white, fought back against the Nazi threat, and there's lots of rarely seen archive footage from the punk & RAR era - including the infamous 1978 Carnival in east London's Victoria Park where 100,000 marched to the show headlined by The Clash and Tom Robinson Band. As well as documenting a great political and musical movement, "Who Shot the Sheriff" links the struggle to stop the National Front in the 1970s with campaigns like Unite Against Fascism aiming to stop the likes of the fascist British National Party gaining ground in Britain today.

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