Belfast and Derry rappers Kneecap have been in the news for many things in the past year: they took a case against the previous UK government for intervening to block an arts grant; they led a boycott of Irish artists of the global music industry’s shop-window, South By Southwest, because of the Texas festival’s links to the US military and weapons manufacturers; they played Glastonbury; they released their debut album, Fine Art, and their debut feature film, Kneecap, is about to be released in cinemas around the world after an award-winning outing at the Sundance Film Festival.
They arrived to that event in a jeep designed to look like a PSNI vehicle.
Una Mullally has been following Kneecap since long before they took to stages beyond Belfast and she says that their film “will be a landmark moment for the Irish language, Irish cinema, and Irish music”.
Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Aideen Finnegan.
