The Story of Skinhead

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 workingclass kids were attracted to Jamaican culture and adopted its music and fashions But when farright politics targeted skinheads in the 1970s and 1980s an ugly intolerance emerged and Don reveals how the onceharmonious subgroup has since struggled to shake this stigma