Tottenham riots: residents unite to rebuild community - video

Local resident Symeon Brown visits three organisations who are attempting to rebuild their community after the August 2011 riots in Tottenham, north London. Symeon finds a lack of resources and a mistrust of officialdom, but an admirable sense of self sufficiency, determination and community spirit

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Noah Payne-Frank and Symeon Brown

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