Kneecap (18) at South Hill Park
Tue, 08 Oct
|Bracknell
Winner of the audience award at this year’s Sundance film festival Ballsy, brave and one of the best music biopics ever made NME
Time & Location
08 Oct 2024, 19:30
Bracknell, Ringmead, Bracknell RG12 7PA, UK
About the Event
Directed by Rich Peppiatt | Drama/music biopic | 105 mins | Ireland | 2023 | English/Irish with subtitles
Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, DJ Próvaí, Michael Fassbender
In post Troubles Belfast, two friends find themselves disenfranchised and uninterested in much beyond having a good time. When a chance encounter with a music teacher sparks the creation of the first group to rap in Irish, everything changes.
Holding the same antipathy for the conventions of the music biopic as it does for colonial legacies, Peppiatt’s film overflows with the fearless humour and livewire creativity that fueled the band’s real-life ascent. There is genuine fury behind the cheeky winks and civil disobedience, but no soapbox to be found, only a beer-soaked stage and an electrified audience. BFI