A history of rave in dance music documentaries
Hours of gold watching material, from '88 to '16
Britain’s Illegal Rave Renaissance (2016)
The UK government has been doing its best to suppress nightlife over recent years. With the legal options for partying depleting, ravers have been reviving the illegal scene of the '80s. This documentary from VICE digs into the struggles faced by illegal promoters, from London to Denbigh.
Exploring Ukraine's Underground Rave Revolution (2016)
Ukraine underwent a political revolution in 2014, with protestors taking to the streets to riot and toppling the regime of Present Viktor Yanukovych. Turmoil followed in the country, including a financial crash and widespread job losses, but from this chaos emerged a spirited underground rave scene as people sought to find new meaning in their lives, as i-D examined in the short film above.
