[1][2][3] The film also includes extensive footage of the Clash at a Rock Against Racism concert at Victoria Park,[1] on their On Parole and Sort It Out tours,[4] and in the studio recording the album Give 'Em Enough Rope.

[5][6][7] It was publicly released in the UK in March 1980 with limited screenings, primarily at independent art cinemas.

[8] It was re-released on DVD the UK in 2003 by Fremantle Media with a number of special features including interviews with 'Rude Boy' lead actor Ray Gange, the Clash's road manager Johnny Green and film makers Jack Hazan and David Mingay.

We didn't like what they were doing with the black people, because they were showing them dipping into pockets and then they were shown being done for something and that was their only role in the film ... Who wants to propagate that?

"[10] Strummer added that the band had no further contact with directors Dave Mingay and Jack Hazan after the film was shot, and never received any payments from them.