Overview

• One Day in Southport draws on CCTV, dashcam footage and first-person interviews to chronicle the July 29, 2024 knife attack by Axel Rudakubana that killed three girls and injured ten others at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.
• An anonymous 13-year-old survivor described sustaining a fractured spine and punctured lung and spoke of lasting trauma that now requires special school accommodations.
• The documentary revisits the nationwide riots that erupted in 27 towns, including a Middlesbrough protest where more than 1,000 people clashed with police and 43 arrests were made.
• Victims’ families have set up a foundation to fund mental-health services, anti-knife-crime initiatives and campaigns for first-aid training in schools.
• The film’s airing has renewed scrutiny of Prevent programme referrals and highlighted how online misinformation fuelled xenophobic violence against mosques and migrant homes.