Billy Bragg Movies
- 2021
Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl
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Born James Henry Miller in 1915, MacColl became prominent on the folk scene in the 1950s and was also a labour activist and actor. This affectionate...
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- 2019
The Big Meeting
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Every second Saturday in July, since 1871, the city of Durham has been taken over by miners, trade-unions and the general public for one of the...
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- 2019
Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock
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In January 1956, a new pop phenomenon appeared in the UK charts: a British artist playing a guitar. His name was Lonnie Donegan and the song he sang...
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- 1988
From Russia with Rock
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A Finnish documentary about the feelings of a rock generation in the Soviet Union during Gorbachev's regime: the film follows underground bands' rise...
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- 2019
Woody Guthrie: Three Chords and the Truth
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Woody Guthrie is one of America’s legendary songwriters. A voice of the people, he wrote hard-hitting lyrics for a hard-hit nation. His is a...
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- 2011
Way of the Morris
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As quintessentially homegrown as a game of cricket or a plate of fish-and-chips, Morris dancing is one of England's most ancient roots traditions....
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- 1970
Strummerville
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A documentary on the family members and friends who set up a charity, Stummerville, after musician Joe Strummer's death in 2002.
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- 1991
Beyond the Maypole
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Zimbabwean musician, Biggie Tempo, talks to a number of UK folk musicians about their work and their views on traditional music.
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- 2002
Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song
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A biographical documentary about the life Hazel Dickens profiling a modern woman dealing with contemporary issues from a feminist perspective that is...
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- 2014
Billy Bragg Live at the Union Chapel London
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An exclusive film of Billy in concert in June 2013 performing his critically acclaimed "Tooth & Nail" album and other classic songs, at the stunning...
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- 1970
Think of England
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With the closing of the old Wembley stadium, Billy goes 'round talking about British identity with Londoners. Episode of BBC's First Sight
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- 1990
Billy Bragg Goes to Moscow & Norton, Virginia Too
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Two 50-minute documentaries from Billy's travels to the USA and USSR
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