The Summer of Rave, 1989

The Summer of Rave, 1989 (2006)

January 1st, 20061h 0min

Music, Documentary
75%

Overview

In the final days of the yuppie decade, the summer of ’89 saw a new type of youth rebellion rip through the cultural landscape, with thousands of young people dancing at illegal Acid House parties in fields and aircraft hangars around the M25. Set against the backdrop of ten years of Thatcherism, it was a benign form of revolution, dubbed the Second Summer of Love – all the ravers wanted was the freedom to party… The rave scene, along with the drug Ecstasy, broke down social barriers and even football hooligans were ‘loved up’, solving a problem the government had never managed to crack. But lurid tabloid headlines and cat-and-mouse games with the police eventually turned the dream sour, as the gangster element moved in at the end of the summer.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Better Living Through Circuitry

Better Living Through Circuitry


Released on: 1999-08-14
Documentary, Music

A documentary about rave culture and the Electronic Dance movement of the '90s. It is the first such...

Synergy: Visions of Vibe

Synergy: Visions of Vibe


Released on: 1999-01-17
Documentary, Music

This comprehensive documentary chronicles the underground rave culture in Southern California, one o...

Jean-Michel Jarre - Rendez-Vous Lyon

Jean-Michel Jarre - Rendez-Vous Lyon


Released on: 1986-10-04
Music

October 5th, at 10.30 pm , after pope John-Paul II`s blessing of Lyon from the top of Fourvieres hil...

What Difference Does It Make?

What Difference Does It Make?


Released on: 2014-02-17
Documentary, Music

A documentary that explores the challenges that a life in music can bring.

Sven Vath: The Sound of the 5th Season

Sven Vath: The Sound of the 5th Season


Released on: 2005-05-30
Music

It's been five years since techno overlord Sven Väth ascended the shores of party mecca Ibiza on a m...

Talkin' Headz

Talkin' Headz


Released on: 1998-11-23
Music, Documentary

The Metalheadz Documentary is an intimate and immediate account of a Drum & Bass label poised fo...

Jean-Michel Jarre - Aero, Tribute To The Wind

Jean-Michel Jarre - Aero, Tribute To The Wind


Released on: 2002-09-13
Music

Jean Michel Jarre held a concert at the Gammel Vrå Enge Windmill Park near the city of Aalborg in De...

A Short Film About Chilling....

A Short Film About Chilling....


Released on: 1990-08-31
Documentary, Music

Follows the Ibiza club scene during the summer of 1990

Psychedelic Trance: Music Is My Drug

Psychedelic Trance: Music Is My Drug


Released on: 1995-01-01
Documentary, Music

The history of trance music between Goa and Tel Aviv. During their annual leave, young active duty I...

All this Roughness

All this Roughness


Released on: 2020-09-02
Fantasy, Documentary, Music

An unnamed passer-by is forced to trace a circular route inside an abandoned tram station, facing lo...

Welcome Home

Welcome Home


Released on: 2013-09-07
Documentary

This documentary gives a voice to organizers, DJs and party guests. Through their memories and confe...

Drum & Bass: The Movement

Drum & Bass: The Movement


Released on: 2020-05-25
Documentary

Drum & Bass: The Movement explores how a unique UK club culture rose from an underground movement to...

Universal Techno

Universal Techno


Released on: 1996-10-22
Documentary, Music

This French-produced 1996 documentary is an hour-long piece covering the history of techno music fro...

The Chemical Brothers - Isle of MTV 2005

The Chemical Brothers - Isle of MTV 2005


Released on: 2005-07-13
Music

The Chemical Brothers close the Isle of MTV Festival with an explosive live show. Live from Piazza ...

Carl Cox and Friends

Carl Cox and Friends


Released on: 2005-02-25
Documentary, Music

Carl Cox: One man, a few friends & 10,000 party people! UDC, known for Dance Valley, Impulz, HQ,Con...

Free Party: A Folk History

Free Party: A Folk History


Released on: 2023-10-28
Documentary, Music

The film follows the inception of the movement, a meeting between ravers and the new age travellers ...

Love Parade: When Love Learned to Dance

Love Parade: When Love Learned to Dance


Released on: 2019-12-20
Documentary, History, Music

At the end of the Cold War, something new arised that should influence an entire generation and expr...

The Chemical Generation

The Chemical Generation


Released on: 2000-05-27
Documentary

This documentary covers the acid house, rave and club culture revolution in the UK and of course the...

How Clubbing Changed the World

How Clubbing Changed the World


Released on: 2012-08-24
TV Movie, Documentary

Twenty-five years since the birth of Rave, a new generation of British DJs and producers are at the ...