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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.

Rebel Dread

2020

Documentary

6.7/10 (IMDb)

Director:

Bill Badgley

Writer:

Bill Badgley

Length:

86 min

Language:

English

Cast:

Jazzie B, Norman Jay, Mick Jones, Jeannette Lee

Rebel Dread is a documentary about the iconic Don Letts, a pivotal figure in pop history. Letts fused Afro-Caribbean music with the burgeoning punk scene and directed over 300 music videos for artists like Public Image Ltd. and Bob Marley, as well as the reggae smash 'Pass The Dutchie' for Musical Youth. Beyond his enduring relationship with The Clash, the constant in Letts' eventful career as a DJ, manager, filmmaker, musician, and broadcaster has been his focus on cultural issues, a passion he continues to explore on his BBC 6 Music radio show, Culture Clash Radio. The charismatic and audacious Letts moved effortlessly between soul, reggae, and the raw guitar energy of the first punk bands. Inspired by the Jimmy Cliff film 'The Harder They Come', he began documenting his friends with a Super-8 camera, a passion that evolved into directing music videos and later, documentaries. His 1997 film 'Dancehall Queen' broke box-office records in his ancestral homeland of Jamaica.