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The Summer of Rave, 1989 (2006)

★ 7.5/10 60 min Music, Documentary United Kingdom English
Director: Anna Davies
Streaming: Not available

Description

In the final days of the yuppie decade, the summer of ’89 saw a new type of youth rebellion rip through the cultural landscape, with thousands of young people dancing at illegal Acid House parties in fields and aircraft hangars around the M25. Set against the backdrop of ten years of Thatcherism, it was a benign form of revolution, dubbed the Second Summer of Love – all the ravers wanted was the freedom to party… The rave scene, along with the drug Ecstasy, broke down social barriers and even football hooligans were ‘loved up’, solving a problem the government had never managed to crack. But lurid tabloid headlines and cat-and-mouse games with the police eventually turned the dream sour, as the gangster element moved in at the end of the summer.

Top Cast

Julian Rhind-Tutt
Julian Rhind-Tutt Narrator
Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson Self
Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan Self
Douglas Hurd
Douglas Hurd Self
Meredith Etherington-Smith
Meredith Etherington-Smith Self
Kelvin MacKenzie
Kelvin MacKenzie Self
Matthew Parris
Matthew Parris Self
Sheryl Garratt Self

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