Cinema / Film

Dervish Productions: Punk Days

Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham

Fri 2 Oct · 19:30

105m · Film

About this event

What is Punk Days? Written and performed by Hassan Mahamdallie Directed by Stef O’Driscoll Summer 1977. I was 16. The Labour government was on the rocks. The Nazi National Front was on the rise. Life in London was like an old black and white film – stuttering. Washed out. Bleak. Then Punk Rock exploded on the scene. Everything changed. My life changed. Forever. Part documentary, part musical journey and part coming of age tale, Punk Days is the story of a mixed race, working-class kid growing up in 1970’s London, plagued by racism, poverty and social conformity who finds hope, freedom and identity in the noise and rebellion of Punk Rock and the fight against fascism. There is no future In England’s dreaming Don’t be told what you want to want to And don’t be told what you want to need. There’s no future, no future No future for you.