Doc’n Roll 2019 Film Fest

The UK’s music documentary festival arrives to Manchester presenting new films on music subcultures including indie, jazz, rock, grunge and electronic, with Q&As and after-parties to expand the experience.

Previously in this season

Manchester Keeps On Dancing

A truly remarkable social study of a subculture that helped put Manchester on the worldwide music map, from the arrival of House music in Manchester…

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L7: Pretend We’re Dead

Fierce pioneers of American grunge punk, this film is an engrossing time capsule told from the perspective of L7, these true insiders who brought their…

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Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald

Focusing on the phenomenon of her extraordinary voice, this film pays tribute to The First Lady of Song – Ella Fitzgerald.

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Play Your Gender

Juno Award-winning producer Kinnie Starr is on a quest to find out why this disparity exists by speaking to music industry stars and veterans about…

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About A Badly Drawn Boy

An in-depth feature film all about the boy himself Damon Gough and the legacy of his Mercury Prize winning album seventeen years after its original…

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About A Badly Drawn Boy Q&A

We will be joined by director Craig McNeil for a Q&A following the screening.

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Sepultura Endurance

A close-focus portrait of Brazil’s rock legends featuring previously unseen archival footage from the band’s 30 year history and interviews with admirers including Lars Ulrich,…

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Never Stop: A Music That Resists

This striking and beautifully filmed documentary tells the compelling and unexpected story of Detroit techno and the independent labels that enabled its stubbornly independent underground…

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Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records

A film about the love affair between Jamaican and British youth culture told through the prism of one of the most iconic labels in the…

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Stories from She Punks

Loud, fearless and (un)typical girls: Gina Birch (The Raincoats) and Helen Reddington (The Chefs), musicians and punk icons turned directors, serve up a fascinating documentary…

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Chilly Gonzales: Shut Up and Play the Piano

Truth, fiction and mischief collide in this playful documentary as we follow the Grammy-winning Gonzales from his native Montreal to late 1990s Berlin, and via…

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Mantra: Sounds into Silence

Harmony, healing and shared humanity: a moving portrait of the practice of Kirtan, and the people from all walks of life and cultural traditions who…

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Stories from She Punks Q&A

We will be joined by directors Gina Birch and Helen Reddington for a Q&A following the 18:00 screening of Stories from She Punks on Sat…

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