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Remember when The Trial of Chicago 7, a film chronicling the litigious aftermath of the anti-Vietnam war protests in the US, bore an uncanny resemblance to the 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act protests in India? The similarity, which transcended geographical and political differences, was a testament to the theme of resistance and made the Aaron Sorkin-directorial a timely tale of humanity. It’s such timeliness that makes Netflix’s Nail Bomber: Man Hunt, a documentation of the 1999 London bombings, a discomfiting, but relevant experience.
Over three consecutive weekends in the April of 1999, homemade bombs stocked up with nearly 1,500 nails each were planted in public places. It cumulatively killed three and maimed over 140. The perpetrator, the-then 22-year-old David Copeland, identified himself as a Neo-Nazi and conceded that his sordid act was fuelled by his resentment towards minorities. The relevance of the 1999 documentary emanates from the hate crimes
The documentary charts the devastation David Copeland enacted. (Netflix)
On 30 April 1999, all Colin Barr could think about was the weather as he made his way to Soho, London, on a Bank Holiday weekend.
It was a limpid Spring evening. Barr, who had moved down to the capital from Glasgow, Scotland, the year before, was off to meet his queer friends for drinks.
He was on edge – only two weeks ago, the streets of Brixton shuddered with the din of a shoebox-sized nail bomb that injured 48 people. He was sure it was a one-off. Nothing to worry about.
Then he watched the news – it had happened again, this time in Brick Lane days later. Thirteen wounded. All he could do was wait. Wary of what, if anything, was around the corner.
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