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00:10 This film is about the rise, the start and the rise of the band Kneecap.
00:16 Right?
00:16 And really, it's a story about a band who have gone from being low-level
00:21 drug dealers to being the saviors of a language that was at threat of dying.
00:26 Maybe they were right.
00:28 Maybe we were only ever going to be the moment after the moment.
00:30 Only the last chance of getting blown up to escape it all.
00:37 But we still found ways to escape it all.
00:39 You've heard of intergenerational trauma, right?
00:45 Right.
00:46 I met them at a gig.
00:47 Like, they were playing, and I was just
00:49 blown away by the energy and the authenticity of what they were doing.
00:53 And I just kind of felt that there was a film in it.
00:55 And I didn't know what that film was going to be.
00:59 I mean, it's great being able to come to Sundance and make a film.
01:02 It's been quite an experience, you know?
01:04 They'll take away-- they'll get an understanding of Ireland
01:07 that has nothing to do with the Irish-American experience of Ireland.
01:10 It'll be a true, authentic--
01:13 we had a language in Ireland for thousands of years.
01:16 Unfortunately, the British took it off us.
01:18 Well, they tried to.
01:19 But now we're back, and we're sexier than ever.
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01:25 (upbeat music)
01:28 (upbeat music)
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