Bradford Riots is a powerful and timely film from first-time writer/director Neil Biswas about Karim, a student caught up in the 2001 race riots.

On 7th July 2001 the Manningham area of Bradford experienced what has been described as the worst rioting in mainland Britain for 20 years.
The riots erupted after weeks of tension fermented by the activities and threats of the National Front and BNP - an organisation that continues to win a large number of votes in council elections in the area.

Bradford Riots tells of that night, five years ago, of vicious rioting from the perspective of a group of young Asian men whose lives, families and community have been defined and decimated by these events. First-hand research within Bradford's Pakistani community examines the Muslim community from the inside to see how it lived and breathed before mass violence blew up on its street.

More than a hundred Asian youths were convicted for involvement in the Bradford disturbances. The majority handed themselves in to the police, pleaded guilty and had no relevant previous convictions. Most have been sentenced to between four and six-and-a-half years.