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Sheffield DocFest · 2024

Sheffield DocFest 2024

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9 films · 2 reviews

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Blur: To The End

Review preview for Blur: To The End

It's entertaining enough if you're familiar.

Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
Portrait of the band as they prepare an album.

(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Toby L; Stars: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon)

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Devo

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Most impressive for distilling mountains of archival footage, with the help of the trusty talking-head interview.

Jeremy Mathews · 3.5 out of 5
Born in response to the Kent State massacre, new wave band Devo took their concept of "de-evolution" from cult following to near–rock star status with groundbreaking 1980 hit Whip It while preaching an urgent social commentary.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 2024; Director: Chris Smith; Stars: Mark Mothersbaugh)

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Eno

Visionary musician and artist Brian Eno - known for producing David Bowie, U2, Talking Heads, among many others; pioneering the genre of ambient music; and releasing over 40 solo and collaboration albums - reveals his creative processes in this groundbreaking generative documentary: a film that’s different every time it’s shown.

(Year: 2024; Director: Gary Hustwit)

Googoosh - Made Of Fire

Documentary about prisoners incarcerated indefinitely under public protection orders.

(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Martin Read)

Haiyu - Rebel Singer Mariem Hassan and the Struggle for a Free Western Sahara

Documentary interweaves Mariem Hassan’s music and her personal quest for her country’s independence.

(Country: Sweden, Western Sahara; Year: 2024; Director: Alex Veitch, Brahim B. Ali, Mohamedsalem Werad, Anna Klara Åhrén)

Hakeem

Chronicle of a musician's life after he wins a guitar in a prison raffle.

(Year: 2024; Director: DEADHORSES)

Harder Than The Rock

Story of the Cimarons.

(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Mark Warmington)

Mogwai: If The Stars Had A Sound

Profile of the band.

(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Antony Crook; Stars: Dominic Aitchison, Stuart Braithwaite, Martin Bulloch, Barry Burns, Tony Doogan, Dave Fridmann, Douglas Gordon, Paul Savage)

Teaches Of Peaches

Documentary charts the journey of Canadian Merrill Nisker into the internationally acclaimed cultural powerhouse that is Peaches.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Philipp Fussenegger, Judy Landkammer; Stars: Peaches, Leslie Feist, Chilly Gonzales, Shirley Manson, Charlie Le Mindu)