Monday 14 October
10am, 6:30pm
Director Rich Peppiatt
Comedy Drama
Ireland
English Gaelic (English subtitles)
106 minutes
When a Belfast schoolteacher crashes into the orbit of two unpredictable and raucous best friends, the needle drops on a hip-hop act like no other.
Liam Og O hAnnaidh, Naoise O Caireallain and JJ O Dochartaigh leap onto the screen to play themselves in this heightened comedy drama about the anarchic group, Kneecap, who become unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save their mother tongue.
This highly original film is about liberation, of an indigenous language and of the people who speak it. As Caitlin puts it: ‘A country without a language is only half a nation. – Stephen Romei, The Australian
It crackles with energy, attitude and youth, and takes you along for a riotous and persuasive ride. – Wenlei Ma, The Nightly
