Undercover film exposing UK far-right activists pulled from London festival | LBC

Harry Shukman, a reporter who went undercover to produce a documentary on the UK's far-right, tells James O'Brien 'the race science ideas that were so popular in Nazi Germany have never gone away'. A documentary that exposes a network of far-right activists in Britain promoting "race science" and its connection to a wealthy American eugenics funder was pulled from the London Film Festival (LFF) at the last minute due to safety concerns. The festival's organisers made the “heartbreaking decision” to cancel the screening of the acclaimed film Undercover: Exposing the Far Right, which was scheduled for this weekend, citing concerns for the safety of audiences, staff, and security at the event. Havana Marking, the film’s director—whose work recently made headlines for revealing the financier behind controversial race science research and exposing the racist views of former London mayoral candidate Nick Scanlon—criticised the decision, calling it “a very unfortunate outcome. Listen to the full show on Global Player: https://app.af.globalplayer.com/Br0x/... #jamesobrien #documentary #crime #farright #film #LBC LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK. Join in the conversation and listen at https://www.lbc.co.uk/ Sign up to LBC’s weekly newsletter here: https://l-bc.co/signup