Political popstars Chumbawamba launch Kickstarter campaign TODAY to make feature documentary.
Anarchist band aims to raise £40k and create independent, collaborative documentary charting the true story of their rise to global fame in the 1990s
I Get Knocked Down (The Untold Story of Chumbawamba)
How to survive as an anarchist pop star – keep your friends, political self-respect, and sense of humour – when everyone hates you
Chumbawamba frontman-turned-director Dunstan Bruce has teamed up with award- winning filmmaker Sophie Robinson to launch a Kickstarter campaign to make a warts-and- all feature documentary of the true story behind 90s anarcho-pop anthem Tubthumping / I Get Knocked Down But I Get Up Again.
Their aim is to showcase I Get Knocked Down on the festival circuit from Spring 2016, and follow up with a theatrical release. The Kickstarter end date is August 1st.
Archive Search: Taking a collaborative approach the former anarcho-punk is also asking people who were there at the time to submit their memories of the band, to send in their personal films, photos and stories to info@igetknockeddown.com. Selected submissions will feature in the documentary alongside 90s archive footage and interviews with the band and their contemporaries today.
Chumbawamba is the band behind 90s anthem Tubthumping / I Get Knocked Down But I Get Up Again. Yes: That refrain. You’ll know the song, but you might not know that:
Chumbawamba was a group of anarchists who started out gigging in squats but whose musical and political careers spanned more than 30 years.
Their fame was completely accidental; they signed to EMI in the hope that their message would reach more people and change the world for the better.
Instead of spending it all on fast cars, the group used the money they made from the record to fund groundbreaking anti-capitalist movements including striking dockers, anarchist radio stations, European community centres, some of which still go on today.
At the height of their career they soaked John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister of Great Britain, in ice water at the 1998 Brit Awards.
They’re still political activists now and it’s still all about power to the people.
