The first major uprising against police brutality, harassment, and societal oppression was not at Stonewall in 1969, but at Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco three years earlier. Those who stood up were trans women and gay men. Now, nearly 40 years on, Susan Stryker and Victor Silverman tell the story of this oft-overlooked event in the history of American civil rights.

On June 15, 2011, the Canucks’ Game 7 Stanley Cup Finals loss to the Boston Bruins sparked a massive riot in downtown Vancouver. Police cars were overturned and burned, windows were shattered, stores were looted, and waves of young people were caught up in the mayhem. From directors Asia Youngman and Kathleen Jayme, “I’m Just Here For The Riot” chronicles the aftermath of the event captured on hundreds of cell phone cameras, with the rioters outed, shamed, and their lives altered forever. From the mob mentality in the streets to similar vengeance in the online hunting of those responsible, it was a dark moment in the city’s history – one that raised deeper questions about fandom, violence, and the shocking power of an angry crowd.

Documentary film exploring the lives of the people at the flashpoint of the LA riots, 25 years after the uprising made national headlines and highlighted the racial divide in America.

HISTORY brings you an all-encompassing documentary event cantered around the 25th anniversary of the LA Riots, the most destructive riot in American history that left 53 people dead and caused over a billion dollars in damage.

Randy Rhoads, The Quiet Riot Years, a 90-minute documentary film, explores the enduring friendship of Quiet Riot bandmates Randy Rhoads and Kevin DuBrow. Narrated by Quiet Riot photographer, lighting designer, lyricist and friend, Ron Sobol, the film offers a behind-the-scenes portrait of two close friends as they embark on an uphill quest for stardom . Using previously unseen images, rare video footage and period music, along with new and classic interviews, the movie chronicles the five year period (1975-1980) that Sobol was in the trenches with the band. This in depth examination documents in photos and on celluloid, the gradual rise of a Hollywood club band into international superstars. Sobol's unfettered access renders an intimate window into Quiet Riot's meteoric transformation from club band to national sensation.

A prequel to the 2001 film Training Day. It will reportedly follow a younger version of Denzel Washington's character, Alonzo Harris, during the violent Los Angeles riots of 1992 following the controversial Rodney King verdict.

Witness a riot at The Yard with the badass riot grrrl wrestlers of EVE battle it out in the live-action, immersive, theatrical stunt show mixed with comedy, burlesque, cabaret, and so much more!

Hard rock renegades Quiet Riot were one of the most popular hard rock bands of the 1980s, and this live concert video finds them still kicking up dust on stage in 2002. Quiet Riot: Live in the 21st Century captures a live show from the L.A. rockers, including a short acoustic set, a tribute to former guitarist Randy Rhodes, and additional archive footage which offers a look at the band's 20-year history. Songs include "Metal Health," "Cum on Feel the Noize," "Feel the Pain," "Vicious Circle," "Danger Zone," and many more.

Four short films featuring rare footage of Brixton during the 1960s to 1980s by Clovis Salmon, aka ‘Sam The Wheels’. A self-taught filmmaker, Salmon began filming his neighbourhood in Brixton in 1959. His unique archive of Super 8 celluloid films includes church and community events, activism, local struggles and the aftermath of the 1981 Brixton Riots. Clovis Salmon was born in Jamaica in 1930, and was among the first generation of migrants from the West Indies to settle in the United Kingdom, arriving in London in November 1954. Having run his own bike shop in Jamaica, he joined Holdsworth Cycle Co. as a bicycle repair man, and soon became known as ‘Sam the Wheels’.

The Eureka Stockade was a civilian revolt against the gold licence. Drawings and archival photographs depict the events that lead to the battle between gold miners and authorities at the Eureka Stockade. It describes the emergence of Peter Lalor as the leader of the Stockade and how the diggers used the Southern Cross flag.

Set in Florida and inspired by Harmony Korine’s homonymous book, Leo Gabin’s film consists of a collage of YouTube videos, mostly self-made, which depicts negative yet realistic aspects of the lost American dream. Moreover, it interprets contemporary social and political reality similarly to how Korine’s novel collects allegedly documentary fragments of American culture.

In Jamaica, a girl signals the Lieutenant's ship for help when rioting workmen set fire to her father's plantation

Itsuki Yamazaki & Noriyo Tateno vs. Yukari Omori & Ayumi Hori Fuji TV Cup Tag League Match: Crush Gals vs. Dump Matsumoto & Crane Yu WWWA & UWA World Title Unification Match: Jaguar Yokota vs. La Galactica. Jaguar wins UWA Title. 9/26/84 2/3 Falls '84 Tag League Final: Jaguar Yokota & Devil Masami vs. Crush Gals

Dedicated to the particular case of urban violence in the French suburbs, this film captures their origins and consequences, and especially what they tell about our society. Immersion in the city of Hautes Noues in Villiers sur Marne, five years after the events of November 2005.

From Metal Day at the US Festival, May 29 1983. Setlist: 1 Danger Zone 2 Run for Cover 3 Love's a Bitch 4 Cum On Feel the Noize 5 Slick Black Cadillac 6 Let's Get Crazy 7 Battle Axe 8 Let's Get Crazy (reprise) 9 Metal Health (Bang Your Head)

On a hot August night, not all that long ago – and for the next four consecutive nights – the good citizens of Toronto went crazy and ignited the largest riot in the city’s history – and one of the largest anti-Greek riots in the world. On Friday August 1, 1918, approximately 20,000 soldiers and civilians attacked, looted and destroyed every Greek restaurant they could find – while police and militia, overwhelmed by the violence, just stood by and watched…

After filming police shooting a black man, an amateur journalist takes to the streets to capture the ensuing protests. When he is attacked by riot police, he must decide whether to remain a witness or use his footage to fight back.

A documentary film that tells the story of the origins of Riot Grrrl in the American independent music scene of the 1990s, and how this feminist movement evolved into a revolutionary underground network of education and self-awareness through music, writing, activism, and women-friendly community.

"This treatment of the insurrection recreates the attack moment by moment, tracking the protesters mounting agitation and rage, and some rioters breaking into various fronts of the U.S. Capitol, eventually marching the Confederate flag into the building and occupying the halls of Congress. It also reveals the diverse and competing ideologies that coalesced on Jan. 6: angry Trump voters marched alongside sovereign citizens, Three Percenters, Proud Boys, and Christian Nationalists. Some rioters demonstrated solidarity with the police as others brutally assaulted officers."

Documentary on the parallels between United States racial politics and the narrative of 'Conquest for the Planet of the Apes' (1972).