The Fifth Annual Doc’n Roll Film Festival gets underway today and runs through the 18th of November. Showing the best music documentaries from across all genres at ten of the London’s best-loved movie houses, Doc’n Roll London 2018 will screen 28 music documentaries that spotlight the icons and rebels of Afghanistan, Wales, Ethiopia and Ukraine; tell the stories of the groundbreaking record labels Blue Note and Trojan; map the worlds of grindcore (Slave To The Grind), metal (RockKabul), thrash legends (Sepultura – Endurance) blues, Detroit techno, “she-punks” and Kirtan mantras; and go behind the scenes with artists including Slow Club, Silvana, the Wedding Present, Chilly Gonzales, Badly Drawn Boy and Blondie’s Clem Burke. Get links to tickets for all of the screenings, panels, and special events, as well as see the trailers below.
Ticket links and other information: https://www.docnrollfestival.com/festival-info/
Full screening schedule: https://www.docnrollfestival.com/film-schedule/
This year’s edition includes 25 world, European, UK and London premieres, filmmaker and artist Q&As and live music events. 2018 also marks Doc’n Roll’s debut collaboration with The Photographers’ Gallery, in an exclusive event celebrating the world premiere of Kojey Radical, a short film by renowned photographer and filmmaker Dean Chalkley.
Six films premiering this year have been shortlisted for the Best Music Documentary 2018 prize, judged by a jury panel of Geoff Travis (founder, Rough Trade Records), Estella Adeyeri (musician and sound engineer), Kirsty Allison (poet and music journalist), Oli Harbottle (Head of Distribution, Dogwoof) and Jess Partridge (PRS Foundation and London in Stereo).
Kicking the festival off in fine style on 1 November is the world premiere of Slow Club – Our Most Brilliant Friends at the Barbican Centre, featuring a Q&A with the band’s Rebecca Taylor and Charles Watson and director Piers Dennis.
Tickets on sale from Friday 28th September via
http://www.docnrollfestival.com/films/
Quick Listings:
Thurs 1 Nov, 6.45pm – Barbican Centre
Our Most Brilliant Friends (World Premiere + Q&A)
Slow Club
Fri 2 Nov, 6:30pm – The Photographers’ Gallery
Kojey Radical short film (World Premiere + Q&A)
Fri 2 Nov, 9pm – Genesis Cinema
We Are The League (How Deep Do You Want It?) (World Premiere + Q&A)
Anti-Nowhere League
Sat 3 Nov, 3pm – Curzon Soho
Some Other Guys – The Story of The Big Three (London Premiere + Q&A)
The Big Three
Sat 3 Nov, 4pm – Rio Dalston
Something Left Behind (London Premiere + Q&A)
The Wedding Present
Sat 3 Nov, 6.30pm – Picturehouse Central
My View: Clem Burke (London Premiere + Q&A)
Sun 4 Nov, 2.30pm – Genesis Cinema
RocKabul (UK Premiere + Q&A)
Sun 4 Nov, 4pm – Barbican Centre
Mantra: Sounds into Silence (UK premiere + Q&A)
Sun 4 Nov, 5.30pm – Rio Dalston
Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records + Q&A
Wed 7 Nov, 8pm – Everyman King’s Cross Cinema
Never Stop – A Music That Resists (UK Premiere + Q&A)
Detroit Techno followed by after party at Spiritland
Thur 8 Nov, 6.30pm – Picturehouse Central
I Can Only Be Mary Lane (UK Premiere + Q&A)
Thur 8 Nov, 8.45pm – Barbican Centre
Anorac (London Premiere + Q&A)
Welsh-language pop music
Friday 9 Nov, 6.30pm – Picturehouse Central
Is It Punk Music? (UK Premiere + Q&A)
Cassels
Sat 10 Nov, 3.00pm – The Castle Cinema
Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records
Sat 10 Nov, 3.30pm – Barbican Centre
Anne Clark: I’ll Walk Out Into Tomorrow (UK Premiere + Q&A)
Sat 10 Nov, 6pm – Curzon Soho
Silvana (London Premiere + Q&A)
Sat 10 Nov, 7pm – Genesis Cinema
Stories from She Punks (World Premiere + Q&A)
Sun 11 Nov 3pm – Picturehouse Central
Blue Note Records – Beyond the Notes (London Premiere + Q&A)
Sun 11 Nov, 4pm – Rio Dalston
Sepultura Endurance (UK Premiere)
Sun 11 Nov 5pm – Curzon Soho
The Library Music Film (London Premiere + Q&A)
Mon 12 Nov, 8.45pm – Barbican Centre
Chilly Gonzales – Shut Up and Play The Piano + Q&A
Tue 13 Nov, 8.30pm – Rich Mix
My Darling Son: Morski & The Turbans (UK Premiere + Q&A)
Wed 14 Nov, 6.30pm – Picturehouse Central
Myth (UK Premiere + Q&A)
Vasyl Slipak Opera Singer
Wed 14 Nov, 8.30pm – Rich Mix
Slave to the Grind (London Premiere + Q&A)
Grindcore
Thur 5 Nov, 8.45pm – Ritzy
Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records
Thur 15 Nov, 9.10pm – Picturehouse Central
About a Badly Drawn Boy: The Story of The Hour Of Bewilderbeast (London Premiere + Q&A)
Sat 17 Nov 1pm – Ronnie Scotts
Blue Note Records – Beyond the Notes + Q&A
Sat 17 Nov, 4pm – Picturehouse Central
How They Got Over: Black Quartets and the Road to Rock’n’Roll (UK Premiere + Q&A)
Sat 17 Nov, 6.30pm – Genesis Cinema
So, Which Band Is Your Boyfriend In…? (London Premiere + Q&A)
UK Female DIY and underground scene
Sun 18 Nov, 4pm – Bertha Doc House
Pure Love: The Voice Of Ella Fitzgerald
Sun 18 Nov, 5.30pm – Curzon Soho
Ethiopiques: Revolt of the Soul (UK Premiere + Q&A)
Sun 18 Nov, 6pm – Picturehouse Central
Listen To My Song (World Premiere + Q&A)
Ex FARC Colombian musician Esteban