The Story of Skinhead

• 8.0 Documentary
• 2016-10-14
• 60 minutes mins

Don Letts examines the history of this notorious subculture in a fascinating documentary, which features interviews with members of different skinhead scenes through the decades. Beginning in the late 1960s, Don fondly recalls a time of multiracial harmony as youngsters bonded over a love of ska, reggae and smart clothes as white working-class kids were attracted to Jamaican culture and adopted its music and fashions. But when far-right politics targeted skinheads in the 1970s and 1980s, an ugly intolerance emerged, and Don reveals how the once-harmonious subgroup has since struggled to shake this stigma.

Starring:

Don Letts (Himself, Presenter) Pauline Black (Herself, Contributor) Kevin Rowland (Himself, Contributor)

Director:

Don Letts

Writer:

No writer found.