On the heels of its premiere to important acclaim at this yr’s Sundance Movie Pageant, the documentary Kneecap on the Irish rap trio of the identical identify has been slated for launch by Sony Photos Classics in theaters nationwide on August 2, when it should open towards Columbia Photos’ household movie Harold and the Purple Crayon.
The primary Irish-language movie to bow out of Sundance, the place it landed the NEXT Viewers Award, pic stars Naoise Ó Cairealláin aka “Móglaí Bap,” Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh aka “Mo Chara” and JJ Ó Dochartaigh aka “DJ Provaí” as themselves, all making their appearing debuts. Others within the solid embrace Josie Walker, Fionnuala Flaherty, Jessica Reynolds, Adam Finest, Simone Kirby and Michael Fassbender.
When destiny brings Belfast schoolteacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed “low life scum” Naoise and Liam Og, the needle drops on a hip hop act like no different. Rapping of their native Irish language, Kneecap quick turn into the unlikely figureheads of a Civil Rights motion to avoid wasting their mom tongue. However the trio should first overcome police, paramilitaries, and politicians making an attempt to silence their defiant sound — while their anarchic lifestyle typically makes them their very own worst enemies.
Pic is the primary narrative function from Wealthy Peppiatt, who wrote and directed from his story written with Ó Cairealláin, Ó Hannaidh, and Ó Dochartaigh. Trevor Birney produced for Nice Level Movies, alongside Jack Tarling for Mom Tongues Movies, with Patrick O’Neill at Wildcard appearing as co-producer. Funding for the movie was supplied by Northern Eire Display screen, the Irish Language Broadcast Fund, Display screen Eire, the BFI (awarding Nationwide Lottery funding), Coimisiún na Meán and TG4, Dias Feld and Kamila Serkebaeva, with backing from Nice Level Media.
Additionally this yr taking part in SXSW, Kneecap was lately introduced because the opening evening movie for the eleventh version of the Sundance Movie Pageant: London, which takes place in June.