Synopsis:

Between the spring of 1994 and the summer of 1995, William Raban filmed on the streets of the East End of London. The film contrasts the everyday lives of people living there with the actions of right wing extremists. Raban used only pictures and sound, with no added commentaries, in order to give the audience the necessary space for them to draw their own conclusions about the English national identity in the mid 1990s. Island Race is part of the 'Under the Tower' trilogy.