Doc'n Roll Film Festival London 2022

THE PICADILLY RATS: LIVE IN MODERATION

Dir. Nathan Cunningham, 2022, UK, 87 mins

Friday 28 October · 6:30pm · The Garden Cinema

Litter-picker Gaz starts a band with a gaggle of fellow misfits, determined to bring joy to Mancunian streets with their scratchy rock’n’roll. When the buskers take their mischief to the big stage, hilarious consequences ensue.

CITY OF A MILLION DREAMS: PARADING FOR THE DEAD IN NEW ORLEANS

Dir. Jason Berry, 2022, USA, 89 mins

Saturday 29 October · 6:00pm · The Garden Cinema

New Orleans’ celebratory, world-famous jazz funerals are emblematic of the city’s culture, but their origins are shrouded in mystery. Filmed over 22 years, this documentary traces a tale of creativity, community and racial identity.

GOD SAID GIVE ‘EM DRUM MACHINES:

TECHNO

Dir. Kristian R. Hill, 2022, USA, 90 mins

Saturday 29 October · 1:00pm · Barbican Cinema 1

The true origin story of the electronic-music phenomenon, forged in 1980s Detroit by Black artists, that would go on to transform dance music. With Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Blake Baxter, Santonio Echols, Eddie Fowlkes and more.

ENERGY: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT DAMO SUZUKI

Dir. Michelle Heighway, 2022, UK, 70 mins

Sunday 30 October · 4:00pm · Rio Cinema

A journey through the power of healing with the enigmatic former lead singer of Krautrock legends CAN. We follow Damo over five years of his life in Germany and the UK as he confronts cancer while on a global tour.

SPECIAL GUEST Q&A

EUROPEAN PREMIERE + DIRECTOR Q&A

WORLD PREMIERE + DIRECTOR Q&A

LONDON PREMIERE + DIRECTOR + GAZ STANLEY Q&A

AFTERPARTY

GETTING IT BACK: THE STORY OF CYMANDE

Dir. Tim Mackenzie-Smith, 2022, UK, 89 mins

Sunday 30 October · 5:00pm · Ritzy Picturehouse

Long after Cymande stopped playing, the British group’s innovative Seventies jazz-rockfunk played on, sampled by De La Soul, Wu-Tang Clan, the Fugees and more. Tributes from Mark Ronson, Norman Jay and Jazzie B help tell the unsung heroes’ story.

THE MOJO MANIFESTO: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MOJO NIXON

Dir. Matt Eskey, 2022, USA, 85 mins

Tuesday 1 November · 6:20pm · Curzon Soho

Neill Kirby McMillan Jr. grew up listening to soul and plotting his escape from conser vative small-town America. Thanks to what he called The Mojo Revelation, he would become Mojo Nixon, a blues-inspired musician playing psychobilly. This is his story.

OMAR SOSA’S 88 WELL-TUNED DRUMS

Dir. Soren Sorensen, 2022, USA, 99 mins

Tuesday 1 November · 6:10pm · Barbican Cinema 2

A rich portrait of the life and music of the Cuban-born pianist and composer, an endlessly versatile jazz artist who fuses jazz, electronic and world music with Afro-Cuban traditions to create an original sound with a Latin heart.

UK PREMIERE + PANEL DISCUSSION

REWIND AND PLAY: THELONIOUS MONK

Dir. Alain Gomis, 2022, France, 65 mins

Wednesday 2 November · 6:20pm · Barbican Cinema 2

It’s 1969, and jazz genius Thelonious Monk is on the loose on French TV, taking down an arrogant journalist with cosmic cool and quick-witted panache. This is a minimalist, darkly witty treasure trove of insights into the pianist and composer.

UK PREMIERE + DIRECTOR + ARTIST Q&ADIRECTOR + FULL BAND Q&A

EUROPEAN PREMIERE + DIRECTOR + ARTIST Q&A

AFTERPARTY

TRAMPS! THE DEATH OF PUNK, THE NEW ROMANTICS, THE ART OF SURVIVAL

Dir. Kevin Hegge, 2022, Canada, 104 mins

Wednesday 2 November · 8:30pm · Rio Cinema

Foregrounding the queer, transgressive heart and art of the New Romantics, this portrait of figures including Philip Sallon, Judy Blame, Princess Julia, Scarlett Cannon, John Maybury, Mark Moore and Duggie Fields rewrites what we think we know about the era.

F**K IT UP!

TOWERS OF LONDON

Dir. Dave Hills & Glenn Barden, 2021, UK, 101 mins

Thursday 3 November · 8:00pm · Hackney Picturehouse

England 2005: five friends dream of being rock stars – and duly land a multimilliondollar record deal. This is the jaw-dropping, car-crash story of how Towers of London spectacularly and hilariously f**ked it all up.

AFTERPARTY

FAT WHITE FAMILY: MOONBATHING IN FEBRUARY

Dir. Niall Trask, 2021, UK, 35 mins

Thursday 3 November · 8:30pm · Rio Cinema

“A no-budget DIY film about the ‘throwing shit at the wall until something sticks’ stage of the album-making process” and “a portrait of what, if anything, it means to be in a band at this abysmal juncture in music history” – Lias Saoudi, Fat White Family

EUROPEAN PREMIERE + DIRECTORS Q&A

LEE FIELDS: FAITHFUL MAN

Dir. Jessamyn Ansary and Joyce Mishaan, 2022, USA, 80 mins

Friday 4 November · 6:15pm · Barbican Cinema 2

Justly compared to the mighty James Brown, singer/songwriter Lee Fields has been called a living soul legend. A moving portrait of a veteran who thought his music dreams had died long ago – but whose life changed with one phone call.

DIRECTOR Q&A

WORLD PREMIERE + DIRECTOR AND BAND Q&A + ACOUSTIC SET

EUROPEAN PREMIERE + DIRECTORS AND BAND Q&A

WORLD

+ DIRECTOR Q&A

HEAVEN STOOD STILL: THE INCARNATIONS OF WILLY DEVILLE

Dir. Larry Locke, 2022, USA, 93 mins

Friday 4 November · 6:25pm · Curzon Soho

From CBGB Latin punk to the charismatic voice of American roots music across Europe, DeVille sold over a million records and gained plaudits from Ben E. King and Bob Dylan. Yet almost no one knows anything about the man behind the music.

DOC’ N ROLL

2O22

MUSIC IS MY BOYFRIEND: THE HIDDEN CAMERAS

Dir. Robert Kennedy, 2005, Canada, 38 mins

Saturday 5 November · 6:30pm · The Castle Cinema

A tribute to a beloved band and Toronto’s queer underground at the start of the millennium, this film chronicles the early days of singer-songwriter Joel Gibb’s band as they packed the city’s sweaty dance bars, art museums and churches.

A MIRACLE & THE MAKING OF A MIRACLE

Dir. Robert Kennedy, 2022, Canada, 7 mins

A Miracle is The Hidden Cameras’ first-ever music video. Shot on Super 8 by Laura Cowell, the video features members of the band and friends on a bed, set to the gorgeous Hidden Cameras song “A Miracle” from their debut album Ecce Homo.

The Making of A Miracle is a brief behind-the-scenes documentary by Robert Kennedy, wielding a film camera in one hand and a video camera in the other.

WORLD PREMIERE + ARTIST Q&A

DOUBLE BILL

GETTING IT BACK: THE STORY OF CYMANDE

Dir. Tim Mackenzie-Smith, 2022, UK, 89 mins

Sunday 6 November · 1:00pm · Ritzy Picturehouse

Long after Cymande stopped playing, the British group’s innovative Seventies jazz-rockfunk played on, sampled by De La Soul, Wu-Tang Clan, the Fugees and more. Tributes from Mark Ronson, Norman Jay and Jazzie B help tell the unsung heroes’ story.

HARGROVE

Dir. Eliane Henri, 2022, USA, 107 mins

Sunday 6 November · 5:30pm · Barbican Cinema 2

A vérité-style chronicle of the final European tour of jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove, featuring stunning performances, meditations on Black creativity, and tributes to his legacy from Erykah Badu, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Questlove, Sonny Rollins and Yasiin Bey.

TRIP: A JOURNEY INTO THE WORLD OF PSYCHEDELIC SIGHT AND SOUND

Dir. Lilly Creightmore, 2022, UK, 80 mins

Sunday 6 November · 5:00pm · Hackney Picturehouse

A compelling look at the resurging collective of psychedelic rock’n’rollers, via heady live gigs on three continents and appearances by Roky Erickson, The Black Angels, Spacemen 3, Dead Skeletons, Tess Parks, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Night Beats and Medicine Boy.

GETTING IT BACK:

THE STORY OF CYMANDE

Dir. Tim Mackenzie-Smith, 2022, UK, 89 mins

Tuesday 8 November · 6:30pm · Rio Cinema

Long after Cymande stopped playing, the British group’s innovative Seventies jazz-rockfunk played on, sampled by De La Soul, Wu-Tang Clan, the Fugees and more. Tributes from Mark Ronson, Norman Jay and Jazzie B help tell the unsung heroes’ story.

WORLD PREMIERE + DIRECTOR Q&A

EUROPEAN PREMIERE + DIRECTOR Q&A

AFTERPARTY

DIRECTOR Q&A

WHAT YOU COULD NOT VISUALISE: REMA REMA

Dir. Marco Porsia, Canada, 2022, Canada, 94 mins

Thursday 10 November · 6:20pm · Curzon Soho

“One of the great post-punk bands,” according to 4AD’s Ivo Watts-Russell, the ferociously innovative Rema Rema would play only 11 gigs and split before their lone release.

Marco Porsia (Swans – Where Does a Body End?) tracks down their fascinating story.

AGE OF RAGE: THE AUSTRALIAN PUNK REVOLUTION

Dir. Jennifer Ross, 2022, Australia, 90 mins

Saturday 12 November · 6:30pm · The Castle Cinema

Adopted by pre-globalisation Australian kids as a DIY challenge to mainstream society, punk Down Under was a visceral critique of late 20th-century capitalism. Music, archival footage and firsthand accounts attest to its transformative legacy.

ABOUT STUDIO

Dir. James Taylor, 2022, UK, 59 mins

Friday 11 November · 7:00pm · The Castle Cinema

The unexpected tale of a Sheffield council semi’s role in era-defining electronic music, as Ken Patten’s humble home studio played host to early recordings by those who would become The Human League, ABC, Heaven 17, Clock DVA and Pulp.

BONNIE BLUE: JAMES COTTON’S LIFE IN THE BLUES

Dir. Bestor Cram, USA, 2022, 86 mins

Sunday 13 November · 5:00pm · Curzon Soho

Mississippi-born James Henry Cotton journeyed to Chicago to spend 12 years playing har monica with Muddy Waters. It was the start of a five-decade career in which he transformed the sound of the blues, while battling hardship, racism and the rigours of life on the road.

WORLD PREMIERE + DIRECTOR & BAND Q&A

LONDON PREMIERE + DIRECTOR Q&A

EUROPEAN PREMIERE + DIRECTOR Q&A

FILM ABOUT STUDIO

Barbican

THIS IS NATIONAL WAKE

PICCADILLY RATS:

IN

The

OCTOBER

GOD SAID GIVE ’EM DRUM MACHINES: DETROIT TECHNO

Barbican

CITY OF A MILLION DREAMS:

FOR THE DEAD IN NEW ORLEANS

The Garden

SUNDAY 30 OCTOBER

ENERGY:

A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT DAMO SUZUKI

Rio

GETTING IT BACK: THE STORY OF CYMANDE

Ritzy

TUESDAY 1 NOVEMBER

OMAR SOSA’S 88 WELL-TUNED DRUMS

Barbican

THE MOJO MANIFESTO:

LIFE AND TIMES OF

Curzon

NIXON

WEDNESDAY 2 NOVEMBER

REWIND AND PLAY: THELONIOUS MONK

Barbican

TRAMPS! THE DEATH OF PUNK, THE NEW ROMANTICS, THE ART OF SURVIVAL

Rio

THURSDAY 3 NOVEMBER

SHORTS NIGHT #1

1:00pm

FAT WHITE FAMILY: MOONBATHING IN FEBRUARY

Rio Cinema

F**K IT UP! TOWERS OF LONDON

Hackney

FRIDAY 4 NOVEMBER

LEE FIELDS: FAITHFUL MAN

Barbican

HEAVEN STOOD STILL: THE INCARNATIONS OF WILLY DEVILLE

Curzon Soho

SATURDAY 5 NOVEMBER

MUSIC IS MY BOYFRIEND: THE HIDDEN CAMERAS A MIRACLE & THE MAKING OF A MIRACLE

The

SUNDAY 6 NOVEMBER

GETTING IT BACK: THE STORY OF CYMANDE

Ritzy

TRIP: A JOURNEY INTO THE WORLD OF PSYCHEDELIC SIGHT AND SOUND

HARGROVE

Barbican Cinema

TUESDAY 8 NOVEMBER

GETTING IT BACK: THE STORY OF CYMANDE

Rio Cinema

THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER

WHAT YOU COULD NOT VISUALISE: REMA REMA

Curzon Soho

SHORTS NIGHT #2

House of Vans

FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER

A FILM ABOUT STUDIO ELECTROPHONIQUE

The Castle Cinema

SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER

AGE OF RAGE:

THE AUSTRALIAN PUNK REVOLUTION

The Castle Cinema

SUNDAY 13 NOVEMBER

BONNIE BLUE:

COTTON’S LIFE IN THE BLUES

Curzon

SHORTS PROGRAMME HOUSE OF VANS

AFTERPARTIES

The music doesn’t stop with the closing credits: join the Doc’n Roll team, film directors, musicians, DJs and more at one of our legendary post-screening afterparties. Free and open to all.

THIS IS NATIONAL WAKE afterparty

SHORTS NIGHT #1

SONIC REVERBS Dir. Sarnt Utamachote, Germany, 2021, 21 mins

LINNEA’S BRAIN

Dir. Al Crockett, US, 2021, 5 mins

THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL

Dir. Carol Harrison, UK, 2020, 9 mins

FIFTY DAYS

Dir. Holly May Morrison, Marie Naffah, UK, 2022, 11 mins

THURSDAY 3 NOVEMBER 7PM - DIRECTORS Q&A + LIVE MUSIC SHORTS NIGHT #2

THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER 7PM - DIRECTORS Q&A

MUSIC FOR THE DEAF

Dir. Chloé Aknine, France, 2021, 14 mins

A MAN FOR OUR TIME

FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER, 9PM TIL CLOSING THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS

Matsuli x African Seven presents vintage African grooves.

GETTING IT BACK: THE STORY OF CYMANDE afterparty

SUNDAY 30 OCTOBER, 7PM TIL CLOSING THE PRINCE OF WALES BRIXTON

Respect on the decks for South London’s finest and those they inspired.

TRAMPS! THE DEATH OF PUNK, THE NEW ROMANTICS, THE ART OF SURVIVAL afterparty

WEDNESDAY 2 NOVEMBER, 10:30PM TIL CLOSING THE KARAOKE HOLE

Fierce sounds and some (TBC!) stars on the decks.

FAT WHITE FAMILY: MOONBATHING IN FEBRUARY afterparty

THURSDAY 3 NOVEMBER, 10:30PM TIL CLOSING RIDLEY ROAD MARKET BAR

DJ Niall Trask –and a few surprises!

FACE THE MUSIC: THE TUNISIA 88 STORY

Dir. Vladislav Lakov, Bulgaria, 2022, 29 mins

HIT LIKE A WOMAN

Dir. Tamarzee Nooze, Canada, 2021, 13 mins

Dir. Lewis William Wilkinson, UK, 2022, 4 mins FOR MORE INFO: https://www.docnrollfestival.com/films/shorts/

TRIP! A JOURNEY INTO THE WORLD OF PSYCHEDELIC SIGHT & SOUND afterparty

SUNDAY 5 NOVEMBER, 7PM TIL CLOSING THE MOTH CLUB

Feed your ears: psych DJs and live music.

WHAT YOU COULD NOT VISUALISE: REMA REMA afterparty

THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER, 9PM TIL CLOSING BELOW STONE NEST

Peerless post-punk sounds from director Marco Porsia on the decks.

STRANDS

GIRLS TO THE FRONT

We’re proud to present six diverse, creative and compelling new music documentaries made by first-time and emerging female directors.

ENERGY: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT DAMO SUZUKI LEE FIELDS: FAITHFUL MAN TRIP: A JOURNEY INTO THE WORLD OF PSYCHEDELIC SIGHT AND SOUND HARGROVE THIS IS NATIONAL WAKE AGE OF RAGE: THE AUSTRALIAN PUNK REVOLUTION

UK STORIES

Seven new films about dreamers and schemers, mysterious innovators and determined DIY-ers, outrageous maximalists and defiant minimalists, unsung heroes and undaunted buskers whose stories could arguably only have happened in Britain.

F**K IT UP! TOWERS OF LONDON A FILM ABOUT STUDIO ELECTRONIQUE WHAT YOU COULD NOT VISUALISE: REMA REMA FAT WHITE FAMILY: MOONBATHING IN FEBRUARY THE PICCADILLY RATS: LIVE IN MODERATION GETTING IT BACK: THE STORY OF CYMANDE TRAMPS! THE DEATH OF PUNK, THE NEW ROMANTICS, THE ART OF SURVIVAL

AROUND THE WORLD

Eight new feature-length documentaries that cross the globe from Cuba to Paris in search of stories of vision, talent and transformations, seen through the prisms of diverse genres and the universal language of music.

REWIND AND PLAY: THELONIOUS MONK HEAVEN STOOD STILL: THE INCARNATIONS OF WILLY DEVILLE OMAR SOSA’S 88 WELL-TUNED DRUMS CITY OF A MILLION DREAMS: PARADING FOR THE DEAD IN NEW ORLEANS BONNIE BLUE: JAMES COTTON’S LIFE IN THE BLUES THE MOJO MANIFESTO: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MOJO NIXON GOD SAID GIVE ’EM DRUM MACHINES: DETROIT TECHNO MUSIC IS MY BOYFRIEND: THE HIDDEN CAMERAS

THE DOC´N ROLL TEAM

Vanessa Lobon Garcia Co-director & Programmer

Colm Forde Co-director & Programmer

Hester Yang Shorts Programmer Anne-Marie McGregor Event Organiser Beth Soan Event Organiser

Benedicte Larrere Event Organiser

Samantha Chandler Event Organiser

Sara Mateos Event Organiser

Karen Shook Communications Rosie Edge Festival Logistics

Bruna Amaral Photographer & Videographer Henrique Maia Photographer Pablo Lopez Bueno In-house Designer Ailbhe Gaffney Festival Trailer Editor Lucy Korn Social Media Manager Jo Smith Jury Coordinator

Fiona Johnston Volunteer Coordinator Munster Studio Cover Design Sophia Hammond Margaret PR Talitha Piggot Sponsorship Manager

OUR FESTIVAL JURY

@bishi_official

Bishi is a recording artist and producer of Bengali heritage and founder of WITCiH (Women in Tech Creative Industries Hub). She has collaborated with Tony Visconti, Sean Ono Lennon, Jarvis Cocker and the London Symphony Orchestra.

BISHI EDWIN DE LA RENTA

@DelphiLievens

Delphine is a film distribution executive and curator, and a board member of Live Cinema UK. A staunch advocate of diversity in film, she was most recently Head of Distribu tion at Bohemia Media.

Edwin is a London-born film and television actor, noted for recent roles in the Emmy-winning Ted Lasso, 2019 thriller The Informer, Channel 4’s Deceit, arthouse feature The Last Faust, and the Bollywood blockbuster Bharat.

BEN DOYLE

Ben (aka Rvbberduck) is co-founder of After Party Studios and creator of award-winning content for Adidas and Net flix. His debut documentary KSI: Can’t Lose (2017) charted the YouTube star’s transformation to champion boxer.

@EdwindelaRenta @rvbberduck @jothekendall

JO KENDALL

Jo is a London-based journalist, editor, podcaster and lecturer. Her career in music writing began when she joined Kerrang! in 1999, after a decade in record retail and stints as a gig promoter, DJ and Sub Pop staffer.

@CherishOteka @msmirandasawyer

DELPHINE LIEVENS CHERISH OTEKA MIRANDA SAWYER

Cherish is a BAFTA Award-winning filmmaker, producer and director of documentary films, video games and TV. They are passionate about telling universal stories through the lens of underrepresented communities.

Miranda is a music journalist and author who has worked for The Observer for two decades, has presented BBC and Channel 4 TV and radio documentaries, and hosts BBC Radio 6Music’s Sound and Vision.