Amicus and Cambridge Unite Against Fascism Present 'Who Shot the Sheriff?'

Amicus and Cambridge Unite Against Fascism Present 'Who Shot the Sheriff?'

LONDON, October 18/PRNewswire/ --

- ATTN: East England and Cambridge Editors.

Amicus trade union and Cambridge Unite Against Fascism are proud to announce the Cambridge Premiere of a 'Rock Against Racism' film which documents the role of music combating racism and fascism.

Directed by Alan Miles, 'Who Shot the Sheriff?' tells the story of one of the most exciting mass movements in British history. It will be shown on Friday 28th October at 7.30 pm at Keynes Hall, Kings College. Those attending will be asked to make GBP2 donation to Unite Against Fascism.

The film features interviews and unseen footage of artists from the Rock against Racism (RAR) movement of the 70s and the Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) movement today including The Clash, The Libertines, The Specials, Ms Dynamite, Pete Doherty, Steel Pulse, Hard-Fi, Misty in Roots, X-Ray Spex, Sham 69, Estelle and Babyshambles.

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.

The story uses a wealth of interviews with the leading artists and activists who created RAR - many speaking for the first time about what happened - including Mick Jones, Jerry Dammers, Neville Staples, Jimmy Pursey, Poly Styrene, Don Letts, Billy Bragg, and RAR founders Red Saunders and Roger Huddle.

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.

'Who Shot the Sheriff?' was made possible by the generous support of the Amicus trade union.

www.uaf.org.uk

www.lmhr.org.uk

Source: Amicus

Local details available from Richard Rose +44-(0)7903-049624 (not for publication) or www.antinazi.eu.org. National details from +44-(0)20-7833-4916 / +44-(0)20-7837-4522

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