''Riot'' is a 2018 Australian television film about the LGBTI rights movement in the 1970s and the beginnings of the

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. It first screened on the ABC on 25 February 2018 and stars

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as Lance Gowland. ''Riot'' received the

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in 2018.

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*{{IMDb title, 7328908, Riot 2018 television films Australian television films 2018 films