Language and the role it plays in shaping identity was a driving theme for writer-director Rich Peppiatt when he embarked on making Kneecap, Ireland’s official submission for the International Feature Oscar race this year. The film, set in post-Troubles Belfast, follows three hedonistic Irish language speakers who form real-life hip-hop group Kneecap and become the unlikely […]
Irish-Language Hip-Hop Trio In ‘Kneecap’ Are “The Latest In A Canon Of Storytellers Stretching Back Thousands Of Years”, Director Says – Contenders International
