Kneecap
Tuesday, 5 November 2024
8pm
Tickets:
Full €7
Concession €5
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Cert: IFCO 16, BBFC 18
When teacher JJ, is roped in to act as Liam Og Irish language interpreter during a Police interrogation, he happens upon Liam and childhood friend Naoise’s raw lyrical prose. JJ convinces both that they should set their words to music, and a hip-hop act like no other is born. Rapping in their native Irish, Kneecap
become the unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save their mother tongue.
Musically daring, anarchic and fun, the trio dodge police harassment, paramilitaries, and their own chaotic lifestyle to 'change the sound of Irish music forever.'
A fiercely original sex, drugs, and hip-hop biopic, Kneecap play themselves, with Michael Fassbender in tow, producing a global rallying cry for the defence of native cultures.
UK, Ireland, 2024
105 minutes
Cert: IFCO 16, BBFC 18
Director: Rich Peppiatt
Cast: Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara, DJ Próvai, Michael Fassbender, Jessica Reynolds
★★★★ Shot in much (ahem) orange streetlight, the film has the momentum of a hopped-up joyride
Where else would the memory of severe generation-spanning trauma produce humour of such calibre?
Festivals:
Sundance Film Festival, 2024
Tribeca Film Festival, 2024
Sydney Film Festival, 2024
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2024
Awards:
Audience Award, Sundance Film Festival, 2024