The Felling of Colston

Directed by Arthur Cauty · Starring Daniel Edmund, David Olusoga, Lanie Rose · 2020

A chronicle of the June 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol where crowds toppled the statue of slave trader Edward Colston and dumped it into the harbour.

An on-the-ground record of a protest moment that sparked a global debate about monuments.

Chronicling the felling of the statue of Edward Colston–a 17th Century slave trader–during a Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol, England, and how this act of rebellion made waves across the UK and the World.

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