Exclusive: Documentary wake up punk The world premiere took place at the Glasgow Film Festival last month and will be released in the UK and Ireland on 9 May via Republic Film Distribution. Punk icon Vivienne Westwood plays with her children in a film that traces the origins of the movement. Watch the first trailer above.
Directed by Nigel Askeu wake up punk Described as a fusion of documentary and magical realism depicting intimate moments between Westwood and his two sons, Ben and Joe, as they honestly discuss their relationship with their father and Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, plus stories from the punk era . . The film also stars Punk Icon Jordan, the same Pamela Map who died of cancer at the age of 66 over the weekend.
Westwood also portrays the decline of punk through music, politics and fashion that led to the movement’s commercial demise, as the film addresses voter apathy, climate disaster and a rapidly changing social context in an effort to revitalize the movement. ‘power. A generation without a future.
It ends with Joe Corey burning over 55 million punk memorabilia on the anniversary of the release of The Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy in UK”.
Askeu states that the film “was visited by an institution due to the embezzlement of punk, resistance from the heart of the movement … I thought I knew what punk meant, the journey to make this film revealed a vision completely. new to the movement, more complex than I ever imagined.
Source: Deadline
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