"Everything I did in Crass was inspired by the idea of 'Be exactly who you want to be,' which we put in our song 'Big A, Little A,' as a kind of practice, to dare people to dream of a world they want and to show them they have the power to reshape this world where they are told, 'no, you can't.'" - Penny Rimbaud -

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40 YEARS OF FUCKIN' UP

A brutally honest documentary chronicling four decades of NOFX’s career, exploring the music, chaos, and contradictions behind one of punk rock’s most outspoken bands. Through firsthand accounts and unseen moments, the film reveals a story that is as reckless and funny as it is personal.

I WAS A TEENAGE SEX PISTOL

Based on the novel by Glen Matlock, a founding member of the Sex Pistols and co-writer of ten of the twelve iconic songs on their sole studio album, 'NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS'. Matlock details the mindset of early 70s Britain and reveals a trove of secrets

PUNK UNDER COMMUNIST REGIME

Documentary about the Slovenian punk movement (1977–1985): the rebellion of high school bands against the Yugoslav communist regime. As Tito was dying, an explosive counterculture emerged in Ljubljana, which the authorities tried to crush through repression and the infamous “Nazi punk affair”.

...AND OUT COMES THE WOLF

A group of youths band together to break out of their hopeless small town. The story is inspired by Rancid and the '90s East Bay punk scene.

GO AGAINST THE FLOW

Late seventies, Poland. In a backwater town, Ustrzyki Dolne, a few teenagers form a punk rock band under the influence of the Sex Pistols. When Radio Free Europe starts a program for them following their letter, the communist secret service also takes notice of their rebellion. An officer makes it clear to them: Ustrzyki Dolne is not London, there will be no punk here.

The Punks of Pol Pot County

Pol Pot megye punkjai

2000

Documentary

Subtitled

8.4/10 (IMDb)

Director:

Kövessy Róbert

Writer:

Kövessy Róbert

Length:

55 min

Language:

Hungarian

Cast:

Benkő Zoltán "Güzü", Nagy Zoltán "Kutyás", Haska Béla, Varga Zoltán "Takony", valamint Haraszti Miklós, Nagy Feró, Sebők János, Pálinkás Szűcs Róbert

An investigative documentary about the legendary 80s punk band CPg (Come on Punk group). Considered the most insolent band by the authorities, their raw, anarchistic, yet never racist and openly anti-communist songs earned them a two-year prison sentence. The film analyzes the CPg phenomenon, showing how naive social criticism became the enemy of the state in the crossfire of censored press and governmental paranoia.