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The iconic image above shows a young Rastafarian walking in front of a line of policemen during the Notting Hill riots of 1976. The man in the photograph is Don Letts, the man who turned the punks onto reggae.
Now a Grammy Award winning filmmaker, Don tells the incredible story of Europe’s largest street party – the Notting Hill Carnival.
Starting out in 1959 as a response to the worst racial violence the streets of London has ever seen, Carnival began when over a hundred Caribbean Londoners came together, using music and dance in a show of harmony. Half a century later and this multicultural celebration of diversity attracts over a million people to London every year!
A balanced mix of reality and history, the film captivates young and old, black and white, with unseen archive, an amazing soundtrack and wonderful interviews with Sir Trevor McDonald, Paul Simonon of The Clash, Miquita Oliver, Norman Jay and Jazzie B.
CARNIVAL! - the latest film from the director of PUNK: ATTITUDE and THE CLASH: WESTWAY TO THE WORLD.
“DON LETTS HAS HELPED RACE RELATIONS IN THIS COUNTRY NO END” - THE INDEPENDENT
“DON LETTS HAS BEEN A CATALYST FOR THE MINDS AND SPIRITS OF SO MANY” - JIM JARMUSCH
“DON LETTS E UN TERRORISTA VISIVO” - FEDERICO FELLINI