Kneecap

An Irish rap group rails against imperialism in Rich Peppiatt’s exhilarating, unruly origin story. 

Of 80,000 native Irish speakers, 6,000 live in the North of Ireland. Three became a rap group called Kneecap. This is the true story (if considerably embellished) of how this anarchic Belfast trio became the unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save and reinvigorate their mother tongue. 

Starring the rappers themselves – joined by Michael Fassbender, Josie Walker and Simone Kirby – Kneecap is a hilarious, lurid rags-to-riches tale steeped in local lore, polemic against authority and laughs drawn from the absurdity of history. Fiercely original, it’s also a global rallying cry for the defence of native cultures.