BBC clip about Irish rap trio Kneecap

A clip from the BBC in January 2024 about the republican rap group Kneecap

Transcript

00:00 A rap trio from Belfast are making their acting debut in the first Irish language film to be included at the Sundance Film Festival in the US.

00:08 Kneecap, who've had sold-out gigs in the UK, Ireland and America, are starring alongside Michael Fassbender.

00:15 Our culture correspondent Charlotte Gallagher has been speaking to them.

00:19 Kneecap are at the forefront of Irish hip-hop, rapping in both Irish and English.

00:28 Their self-titled film, a semi-fictionalised account of how they got together, also blends the two languages.

00:35 And it's the first Irish language film to be included at the Sundance Film Festival.

00:40 They called our generation the Ceasefire Babies.

00:45 So it's about these three fellas trying to find their place in the world and it's about their identity and stuff like that.

00:52 So everybody has this idea of the Irish language that we all just sit about pubs playing fiddles and talking about grammar.

00:58 Do you know what I mean? When in actual fact these three characters don't really mention the language that much.

01:02 The whole film they're like selling drugs and talking about, you know, youth culture.

01:08 You've heard of intergenerational trauma, right?

01:12 Right.

01:13 Our history.

01:13 Our history has become our biology.