Popcorn? Check

Spraycan for the walls? Check

Loudhailer to annoy the others within 100 yards? Check

Lager Drink? Check

Cider Drink? Check

It’s only a movie by Dunstan Bruce about his band Chumbawumba and what he’s doing now. with I Get Knocked Down you have warts n all no bullshit untold story of Leeds-based anarcho-pop band Chumbawamba. Founding band member Dunstan Bruce is now 59, and he is struggling with the fact that the world seems to be going to hell in a handcart. Twenty years after his fall from grace, Bruce is angry and frustrated, but how does a retired middle-aged radical get back up again? In this punk version of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, Dunstan is visited by the antagonistic ghost of his anarchist past – his alter ego, ‘Babyhead’ – who forces him to question his own life, sending him on a search for his long-lost anarchist mojo. Following Bruce’s voyage of rediscovery, redemption, and reawakening, I Get Knocked Down acts as a call to arms to those who think activism is best undertaken by someone else.

Set to hit selected cinemas over the next few weeks it’s a fantastic trip down memory lane and some laugh-out-loud clips from their adventures in the gliterry world of rock and roll and a look behind the curtain of the pop world. A wonderful way to while away 90 minutes. The 80s and 90s (like many our age) flew by with a bazillion things to do – pre-internet – pre-social media and Sounds and NME were still a thing and CDs had taken over the world there were still no downloads or mobile phones. Those were certainly the days and the world needed changing and I guess Bruce thought he was gonna change the world and now all these years later with the power of hindsight he did a little bit – well, a little bit more than many pop stars.

I Get Knocked Down is a warm, engaging, and light-hearted look back on his/their time in the limelight. as far as popumentaries go this is a belter, thoroughly enjoyable. Like em or loath them you couldn’t ignore them and their anarchopop – check out this flick and get a warm feeling all over then get out there and fuck the government they’re even shitter than new Labour ended up. If you’re looking for a soundtrack then this is a good ‘un. Leeds punks still have a great sense of humour and don’t take themselves too seriously and this film proves it. Get on it and fly the flag!

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• FRI 24 FEB: DUKE OF YORKS, BRIGHTON (**WITH Q&A) TICKETS
• MON 27 FEB: LIGHT CINEMA, ADDLESTONE TICKETS
• MON 27 FEB: LIGHT CINEMA, BANBURY TICKETS
• MON 27 FEB: LIGHT CINEMA, BOLTON TICKETS
• MON 27 FEB: LIGHT CINEMA, BRADFORD TICKETS
• MON 27 FEB: LIGHT CINEMA, CAMBRIDGE TICKETS
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• MON 27 FEB: LIGHT CINEMA, SITTINGBOURNE TICKETS
• MON 27 FEB: LIGHT CINEMA, STOCKPORT TICKETS
• MON 27 FEB: LIGHT CINEMA, THETFORD TICKETS
• MON 27 FEB: LIGHT CINEMA, WALSALL TICKETS
• MON 27 FEB: LIGHT CINEMA, WISBECH. TICKETS
• MON 6 MAR: QUAD, DERBY (**WITH Q&A) TICKETS
• TUE 07 MAR: HORSE AND BAMBOO, ROSSENDALE TICKETS
• SAT 11 MAR: BISCUIT FACTORY, READING (**WITH Q&A) TICKETS
• WED 15 MAR: GENESIS CINEMA, LONDON (**WITH Q&A) TICKETS
• MON 27 MAR: CITY VARIETIES, LEEDS
• TUE 28 MAR: ELECTRIC CINEMA, BIRMINGHAM (**WITH Q&A)
• TUE 28 MAR: POCKLINGTON ARTS CENTRE, POCKLINGTON TICKETS

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