Idris Elba of The Wire (and most recently Luther) is a DJ and has been emersed in the British club scene for decades. In the documentary Clubbing Changed the World he makes a number of powerful claims about the role electronic music played in popular culture and in political change. His claims don’t fully hold up, but it’s worth watching anyway.

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