Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain

Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain
Film poster
Directed byPaul Sng; Nathan Hannawin
Written byPaul Sng
Produced byVelvet Joy Productions
StarringSleaford Mods
Music bySleaford Mods & Asa Hudson
Release date
  • 3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) (Doc N Roll Festival)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£19,000

Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain is a documentary film following the band Sleaford Mods on a tour of the United Kingdom in the run-up to the 2015 general election.[1][2] The documentary explores the band itself as well as examining the current political situation in the United Kingdom focusing on opposition to austerity. The film was crowdfunded through Indiegogo.[3]

Background and content

Co-director, Paul Sng, had the idea for the film after interviewing Sleaford Mods in October 2014, and came up with the concept for a documentary that would follow the band on a tour of places which have been neglected by both the government and mainstream media. As well as live footage of the band and conversations with Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn, in each place the tour visited the filmmakers met with people in the local community to interview them about social issues affecting them.

Examples of the social issues explored include: deindustrialisation and a community project set up by Unite the Union and The National Union of Mineworkers in Barnsley in response to this;[4] job losses at Tata Steelworks in Scunthorpe;[5] and people dying due to changes in how the Department for Work and Pensions make decisions about social security benefit payments.[6]

References

  1. ^ Hann, Michael (26 November 2015). "Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain review – an awkward ode to austerity Britain". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  2. ^ Conlon, Rob (24 November 2015). "Invisible Britain: Sleaford Mods On Film". Clash. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Sleaford Mods' Invisible Britain film". The Wire. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Barnsley Community Support Centre". 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Tata Steel confirms 1,200 job losses as industry crisis deepens". The Guardian. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Victim's sister: The DWP know they are killing people". The Daily Telegraph. 27 Aug 2015. Archived from the original on 27 August 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2016.


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