Kneecap (18)
Rich Peppiatt, 2023 1h 45mSchool Run Screenings
Friday Film Night
Standard £10
Concessions & Towner Members £9
Under 25s £7
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An Irish rap group rails against imperialism in Rich Peppiatt’s exhilarating, unruly origin story.
Of 80,000 native Irish speakers, 6,000 live in the North of Ireland. Three became a rap group called Kneecap. This is the true story (if considerably embellished) of how this anarchic Belfast trio became the unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save and reinvigorate their mother tongue.
Starring the rappers themselves – joined by Michael Fassbender, Josie Walker and Simone Kirby – Kneecap is a hilarious, lurid rags-to-riches tale steeped in local lore, polemic against authority and laughs drawn from the absurdity of history. Fiercely original, it’s also a global rallying cry for the defence of native cultures.