A mass peaceful protest against the Poll Tax in Trafalgar Square, was turned into a riot. Eyewitnesses tell their stories against a backdrop of video footage showing the day’s events as they unfolded, one radically different from that presented by TV news. Demonstrators testimonies raise uncomfortable questions about the role of the police in the violence, the independence of the media and the right to demonstrate. Shocking and still deeply relevant it remains one of the UK’s most important documentaries.
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