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John T. Davis
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Exploring Northern Ireland’s 1970s punk scene, Shellshock Rock begins with teenagers explaining how punks’ non-conformist attitude offers, in the context of the Troubles, an anti-sectarian identity for those without a mainstream political agenda. Inviting both punks and public to speak openly to the camera, Shellshock Rock shows Northern Irish punks turning their anti-authoritarian, devil-may-care attitudes towards making musical spaces, such as Terri Hooley’s ‘Good Vibrations’ record store, free of sectarianism. Director John T. Davis features a host of bands including ‘The Undertones’, ‘Protex’, ‘Rudi’, and ‘The Outcasts’, revealing a youth revelling in music rather than engaging with The Troubles. Open and honest, Shellshock Rock is Davis’s first feature in a magnificent career, and establishes his trademark detached, observational style in revealing the decency underlying these punk’s shock tactics.
48 minutes, Ireland/United Kingdom, 1979, Colour
BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY 12:00, 17:50
KIDNAPPED 19:00
LOVE LIES BLEEDING 14:20, 16:40
PERFECT DAYS 12:45
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 12.20, 14.40, 17.00, 19.20
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE 20.10
WORLD CINEMA PROJECT: THE HOUSEMAID 15.30
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