ROADS? WHERE WE'RE GOING WE DON'T NEED ROADS Jacob Watson takes us o the beaten track
Echoes of La Haine and Kids linger in the margins of Concrete Summer because of its urgency, authenticity, and refusal to sanitise. Where those cult lms exposed disillusioned youth in Paris and New York, this documentary dives into the visceral undercurrent of Liverpool’s underground cycling scene, a world pulsing with risk, rebellion, and raw commitment. But Concrete Summer isn’t about spectacle. It’s about people. Gritty, grounded, and deeply human, the lm rides alongside a tight-knit community of riders who inhabit a world of their own making.
At its centre is Robbo. Passionate, articulate, and quietly magnetic. He's not chasing attention, he’s chasing momentum, community, meaning. And that makes him the perfect guide through a scene that resists conformity at every turn. e documentary is a testament to 'guerrilla lmmaking' and underground storytelling. In this interview, we speak to the lmmaker whose previous work has taken him from Colombian rainforests to Basque
protests — now turned
inward to document one of the UK’s most overlooked subcultures, from inside the pack.
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