Open Door

When Community Access television reached Britain’s shores it became an outlet for campaigners who would help to establish multicultural representation on TV.

  • Total running time 86min

Open Door: Black Teachers

BBC 1973. BBC Community Programme Unit. 56min. Digital

Open Door: Southall on Trial

BBC 1979. BBC Community Programme Unit. 30min. Digital

Movements which campaigned against mistreatment by the state flourished across Black and Asian communities. In these episodes of Open Door, teachers hold the educational establishment to account, while Southall campaigners respond to the actions taken by police to protect the National Front against mass action protests.