Chumbawumba’s “I Get Knocked Down” Film Commences UK Cinema Run

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I Get Knocked Down is the untold story of Leeds-based anarcho-pop band Chumbawamba. Founding band-member Dunstan Bruce is 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 DickensA 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 personal 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.

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You can view the UK screening dates and buy tickets for I Get Knocked Down here, each screening will include a live Q&A. The run of UK screenings starts today in Leigh’s Film Factory and runs through to the end of March, with further dates to be added.