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Kneecap
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Why watch?

At its core, it’s messy, controversial, funny, chaotic, energising FUN!

Robb Barham,

Operations & Programme Manager
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Hyde Park Pick: Kneecap

20 Aug 2024 programme

This is the real-life story of how this anarchic Belfast trio became the unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save and reinvigorate their mother tongue. 
Comedy • Critically Acclaimed • Controversial

West Belfast, 2019: After a meet-cute, two working-class drug dealers, Naoise Ó Cairealláin and Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh team up with schoolteacher JJ Ó Dochartaigh to form a hip-hop group. Rapping mainly in Irish Gaelic in line with their proud republican ethos, their verses combine lurid tales of sex and drugs with polemic and rebellion against authority, riling up Irish radio and unionist politicians alike.

Following the group through drug binges (drawn in fantastical sequences recalling Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting), PSNI run-ins, cross-community mud-slinging and anarchic sell-out gigs, Kneecap is a rags-to-riches tale that’s steeped in local lore and laughs drawn from the absurdity of history, while also highlighting the ongoing battle to save the Irish language.

Kneecap is also screening as part of National Cinema Day on Saturday 31st August. All tickets for National Cinema Day screenings are £4.

Details

Duration
1hr 45mins
Director
Rich Peppiatt
Distributor
Curzon Film World Limited
Featuring
Móglaí Bap • Mo Chara • DJ Próvai
Year
2024
Country of origin
Ireland
Language
English and Irish Gaelic with English subtitles
Strobe lighting
Guidance unavailable
Content guidance
Substance abuse
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