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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.

ANARCHY! - McLaren Westwood Gang

2013

Documentary

6.7/10 (IMDb)

Director:

Phil Strongman

Writer:

Phil Strongman

Length:

150 min

Language:

English

Cast:

Glen Matlock, Paul Cook, Jordan, Adam Ant, Boy George, Don Letts, Tony Wilson, Vivienne Westwood

A provocative and visually rich documentary exploring the origins of British punk through the eyes of its chief architect, Malcolm McLaren. ANARCHY! McLaren Westwood Gang traces McLaren’s journey from 1960s student radicalism to the explosive rise of the Sex Pistols, Vivienne Westwood’s anti-fashion revolution, and the cultural chaos that reshaped modern music and style. Featuring rare archival footage and candid interviews with McLaren himself, the film examines the political roots of anarchism, the birth of punk on London’s King’s Road, and the personalities who defined the era. With contributions from members of the Sex Pistols, The Clash, Bow Wow Wow, Adam Ant, Boy George, Don Letts, Tracey Emin, Vivienne Westwood and many others, director Phil Strongman delivers an authentic, in-depth portrait of one of the most influential countercultural movements of the 20th century.