There are 80,000 native Irish speakers in Ireland, of whom 6,000 live in the North of Ireland. When fate brings Belfast schoolteacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed ‘low life scum’ Naoise and Liam Og, the needle drops on a unique hip hop act. Rapping in their native Irish language, Kneecap become the unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save their mother tongue. But the trio must first overcome police, paramilitaries and politicians trying to silence their defiant sound — whilst their anarchic approach to life often makes them their own worst enemies. In this imaginative sex, drugs and hip-hop biopic the actual members of the hip hop trio Kneecap play themselves, laying down a global rallying cry for the defense of native cultures. Content warning for drug use, strong language and sexual content.
(2024) 102 minutes, R. Comedy, Drama, Music, Biography. Showing at 6 p.m. on Monday, December 9th in the Library’s Meeting Room. Shown with captions.