Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain

Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain (2015)

Sleaford Mods - Invisible Britain shows the most exciting and uncompromising British band in years sticking two fingers up to the zeitgeist and articulating the rage and desperation of those without a voice in austerity Britain. The film follows Sleaford Mods on a tour of the UK in the run up to the 2015 General Election, visiting the neglected, broken down and boarded up parts of the country that many would prefer to ignore. Part band doc, part look at the state of the nation, the documentary features individuals and communities attempting to find hope among the ruins, against a blistering soundtrack by Sleaford Mods.

Date of release
2015-10-03
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Nathan Hannawin, Paul Sng

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: £19K

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. 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.

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.

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; job losses at Tata Steelworks in Scunthorpe; and people dying due to changes in how the Department for Work and Pensions make decisions about social security benefit payments.

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