Asian Dub Foundation

Santander, Spain

Asian Dub Foundation So far, so good, so far, so good…Getintothis’ Matthew Eland feels the hate on Regent Street with Asian Dub Foundation and a modern classic. It’s hard to believe that La Haine is 23 years old. The film concerns three friends – one black, one Jewish, and one Arab Maghrebi – who find

Released to great controversy in 1995, the debut feature film of the French director Mathieu Kassovitz is a supercharged urban thriller with an angry social conscience: Spike Lee meets Mike Leigh.

It's a mesmerising high-concept affair set in a bleak but austerely beautiful future where people are controlled by medication that suppresses their emotions.

This ingenious collaboration between London’s Asian Dub Foundation (ADF) and Pakistan’s Laal was possibly one of the biggest concerts of Southbank Centre’s Alchemy Festival this year, and certainly exceeded expectations.

Released in 1971 to initially unfavourable press, the movie has gone on to become a cult classic and has an impressive 88% score on Rottentomatoes.

Any one of these components: seeing a performance against a stellar film seeing Asian Dub Foundation or watching THX 1138 is wonderful.