Aired Tuesday June 15, 10:30pm - 11:30pmon BBC Two

Statue Wars: One Summer in Bristol

On Sunday 7th June 2020, sparked by the horrific murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, protestors marching to support the Black Lives Matter movement tore down the statue of slave trader Edward Colston and threw it in the city's harbour. Caught in the eye of this storm was Bristol's mayor Marvin Rees, the first directly elected mayor of Black African heritage of a major European city.

Category
Documentary / Politics / Special
Original air date
2021-06-10
Cast and crew
  • Francis WelchDirector
  • Noma DumezweniNarrator