Robots Of Brixton | Striking Animation About Brixton Riots by Kibwe Tavares | RANDOM ACTS
888 views · Published 12 April 2017 · 2:32 · Indexed 10 November 2026
Channel: Random Acts · 2017 · Film & Animation
In a dystopian future, Brixton has become the home of a new robot workforce, disillusioned and hemmed in by poverty. When the police invade, tensions erupt in violence. South London artist Kibwe Tavares uses archive footage of the Brixton Riots of 1981 to tell this story.
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