Channel 4 has commissioned a documentary function about this summer season’s race riots within the UK from Leaving Neverland filmmaker Dan Reed.
Reed will govt produce the challenge, which was introduced this morning by Channel 4. The documentary will run 60 minutes and is produced by Amos Footage for Channel 4. The Channel 4 commissioning editor is Anna Miralis.
Channel 4 stated the documentary will “present a forensic account of how riots erupted in England within the wake of the homicide of three youngsters in Southport” and shall be instructed by police, rioters, and eyewitnesses.
“Channel 4 have been brilliantly fast off the mark once more, giving us a licence to deep-dive into the riots and the political and cultural disaster that gripped our nation this summer season,” Reed stated in an announcement this morning.
“Amos Footage’ trademark forensic journalism and immersive cinematic storytelling will give Channel 4 audiences a full 360 view, revealing the important thing protagonists, the uncooked feelings, the political agendas driving the violence and the unfolding of the police and authorities response.”
The summer season riots came about in cities throughout the UK and lasted just below every week. The violence has damaged out throughout the UK after the deadly stabbing of three women at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport final week.
The unrest was initially fuelled by social media misinformation that the suspected assailant, Cardiff-born Axel Rudakubana, was an asylum seeker. Anger has continued to be whipped up on-line, not least by X/Twitter proprietor Elon Musk, who has been crucial of Prime Minister Keir Starmer and claimed that Britain is getting ready to civil conflict. Earlier on Wednesday, Deadline revealed that The Traitors producer Studio Lambert had emailed staff to decry the dysfunction and provide welfare assist.
Miralis added: “We’re proud to fee this hard-hitting and well timed documentary from Amos Footage, whose monitor file for fearless, uncompromising storytelling is second to none. As all of us mirror on, and attempt to make sense of, the horrendous scenes of bigoted violence that came about on our streets, this very important movie will present essential context on what these occasions say about Britain at the moment.”
