Kneecap 2024 HC.WEBRip Magnet

23/14

Belfast performed by Orbital

Synopsis

When fate draws Belfast teacher JJ into the clutches of self-professed “the dregs of the small life,” he finds himself in trouble. Naoise and Liam Og, the needle drops on a hip hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they are leading a movement to save their mother tongue. First Irish-language film to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Caitlin: A country without a language is only half a nation. Referenced on the Film Junk Podcast : Episode 961: In a Violent Nature + TIFF 2024 (2024).

It was funny and engaging, meaning there were no slow parts

This middle-aged man brought his teenage son to see the Kneecap movie and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. By the time the end came, I wanted more, at least an extra scene after the credits. I’m also a fan of the music, and particularly enjoyed the many parts of the films when the volume was turned up in the cinema and we could hear their Irish speech on the big screen, so I must point this out – Irish people need to brush up on their knowledge of history, including the Troubles, which thankfully peaked in the 90s with the Good Friday Agreement, as well as what was going on in Northern Ireland/Northern Ireland for the last several years, if you want to appreciate all the funny jokes and references. The complicated history can’t be boiled down to a few paragraphs, but I’ll try anyway. The English colonized Ireland and did all the horrible things colonial powers do – they stole land and resources, dispossessed the native people, and did their best to wipe out Irish culture. Not too many centuries ago, the English made it illegal to speak the Irish language, practice Catholicism, or even do Irish dancing.

Catholics couldn’t vote

Attempts at rebellion were brutally put down. The English also put down attempted rebellions in Scotland. The English then “planted” hundreds of thousands of loyal Scottish and English lowlanders in the resource-rich north of Ireland. (The English, meanwhile, did their best to try to eliminate Scottish Highland culture (look for the euphemism “Highland Clearances”), which is very similar to Irish culture, as Irish culture/language spread across the Irish Sea in their own era of expansion dating back to the 5th century. In fact, the Irish are responsible for giving Scotland its name, but that’s another story.) Previous invaders in Ireland (Celts, Vikings, Normans) came with their own distinct cultures, but eventually they were all assimilated and became Irish. The plantation worked, however – a distinct British, loyalist, pro-union culture/nation formed in the north of Ireland and remains there to this day.

The British themselves changed the economy to serve their own profits

The entire island of Ireland, however, endured terrible times under British rule. The native Irish people had their land stolen, and many were given the opportunity to lease a small portion of their former land in exchange for exorbitant payments to the British landowners. Many native Irish farmers were forced to specialize in growing potatoes on their poor soils because it seemed easy. Unfortunately, in the 19th century, the potato crops were struck by a blight that made them inedible. With nothing to eat or sell, the Irish starved or emigrated. What about the fish in the waters surrounding the island or in the Irish streams and rivers?

Under armed guard, the British allowed them to be exported

Although there were some charitable English subjects who sent aid, the Anglo-British government took a laissez-faire approach, specifically citing the “famine.” It was the Irish’s own fault that they reproduced too much thanks to their Catholic views and that they should be allowed to die in the interests of population control. In some places where food was sent to the needy, one had to convert to Protestantism in order to receive the food. One of the worst aspects of Anglo-British rule was that there was no compulsory education.

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