When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed 'low life scum' Naoise and Liam Og, the needle drops on a hip hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they lead a movement to save their mother tongue.
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JOHN FRANCIS FOX
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THOUGHT-PROVOKING FILM THAT IS HARMED BY A PRO-DRUGS SLANT
October 3, 2024
THERE SEEM TO BE TWO DIFFERENT FILMS WITHIN THE WORLD OF "KNEECAP." ONE IS A THOUGHT-PROVOKING DRAMA ABOUT THE HARM THAT HAS BEEN CAUSED TO INDIGENOUS CULTURES BY MORE DOMINANT CULTURES LIKE THE ENGLISH. AND THAT WAS CERTAINLY PROVEN TRUE BY THE POST-SCRIPT AT THE END OF THE FILM THAT INFORMED US THAT AN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE DIES OUT EVERY 40 DAYS. BUT I WAS TROUBLED BY THE FACT THAT THE DRUG USE & DRUG PUSHING BY THE MAIN CHARACTER, LIAM, & HIS FRIENDS WAS DEPICTED AS A POSITIVE FORM OF REBELLION. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS READ ABOUT THE MURDERED JOURNALIST, VERONICA GUERIN, OR SEE THE FILM ABOUT HER LIFE, TO KNOW THAT DRUG PUSHERS IN IRELAND HAVE DONE JUST AS MUCH DAMAGE TO THE IRISH AS THE ENGLISH HAVE DONE. AND DRUG PUSHERS IN THIS COUNTRY SUCH AS THE MAFIA & FRANK LUCAS & HIS COHORTS HAVE DONE JUST AS MUCH HARM TO THE BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY AS THE WHITE SUPREMACISTS HAVE DONE.
