Tags : Afro-Caribbean, British, Enoch Powell, Rivers Of Blood,

A three part documentary series looking at the politics of immigration and how at times UK politicians have played the race card, exploiting public concern for political gain. Contains archival footage and interviews with many key protagonists and politicians of the time.

A Match To Gunpowder is part two of three and focuses on the political response to Enoch Powell’s Rivers Of Blood speech and the influx of South Asian migrants from both the Asian and African continents, during the late 1960s and early 1970s.