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Friday

If The Streets Were on Fire

w/
Alice Rusell Q&A
17:00
OAK
If ‘The Streets Were on Fire’ follows a wild and rebellious community of young people tearing up the city’s streets in the name of ‘knives down, bikes up’ - as youth violence rises in London.

It follows tireless community leader Mac, bike enthusiast Miles and a community of boys and young men whizzing past the camera lens as they fight for the right to ride en masse through the streets of London. 

As they try to escape the harsh realities of street life through the brotherhood of biking, their already precarious existence is jeopardised when they are forced away from the safe spaces of central London. In the UK, years of austerity have pushed people to their limits and youth violence has been on the rise. BikeStormz, a movement of young bikers, attempts to offer a safe and welcoming space. However, new forms of conflict arise when police and “concerned citizens” threaten arrest for their very existence.

(Supported by Depot Studios, Lewes)

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