The Story of Skinhead

The Story of Skinhead (2016) blends Documentary, Music, and TV Movie elements. Top cast includes Don Letts, Pauline Black, and Kevin Rowland. Relationships and emotional turning points shape the core of the story.

Actor: Don Letts • Provider: Prime Video

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 working-class kids were attracted to Jamaican culture and adopted its music and fashions. But when far-right politics targeted skinheads in the 1970s and 1980s, an ugly intolerance emerged, and Don reveals how the once-harmonious subgroup has since struggled to shake this stigma.