When a film was well received this year, it was usually because it was channelling the anger and frustrations of those who have been left behind.
This wasn’t your usual raft of ‘Diversity Hires’ or “The value of Diverse Storytelling”-ass movies. These films were specific, working things out
Umnia sits down with producer Trevor Birney to discuss his most recent film, festival favorite KNEECAP; the commitment that went into making such a daring piece of cinema; and the political, historical, and sociocultural conditions in Northern (or the North of) Ireland that necessitated its creation. Tiocfaidh ár lá!
I will not deny, it’s a funny movie - it plays with irony and political cynisicm, and has a lot of jabs to send toward the neoliberal insitutions we are soon to witness crumble into the sea. The ineffectual and fluffy words of our World ‘Leaders’, and the metaphor
