Screening and Q&A with Michael Cumming and Stewart Lee
Comedian Stewart Lee and director Michael Cumming (Brass Eye, Toast of London), investigate a missing piece of punk history: Robert Lloyd, best known for fronting cult Birmingham bands The Prefects and The Nightingales, has survived under the radar for over four decades.
But how, if at all, does Robert want to be remembered? The anti-rockumentary King Rocker weaves the story of Birmingham’s undervalued underdog autodidact into that of the city’s forgotten public sculpture of King Kong, eschewing the celebrity interview and archive-raid approach for a free-associating bricolage of Indian food, bewildered chefs, vegetable gardening, prescription medicines, pop stardom and pop art.
Featuring: Frank Skinner, Nigel Slater, Robin Askwith, Samira Ahmed, John Peel, Gina Birch, Marc Riley, Danny Fields, John Taylor, Paul Morley, Fuzzbox, Kevin Eldon, Nish Kumar, Bridget Christie, Andrew O’Neill, Seann Walsh, Paul Putner, Steve Beresford and more
“The best music documentary I’ve seen in ten years… I absolutely love King Rocker.” — John Doran, The Quietus
“King Rocker finds beauty, heroism and even a whiff of transcendence in the most unlikely places, I loved it.” — Mark Kermode, BBC The Film Review
Director: Michael Cumming (Brass Eye, Oxide Ghosts, Toast Of London)
Writer: Stewart Lee (Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle)
Producer: James Nicholls (The Chills: The Triumph and Tragedy of Martin Phillipps, The Ballad Of Shirley Collins, Fire Records)
Event duration: 130mins approximately.
Part of the Chump’s Double Bill with Oxide Ghosts.
Strictly no filming allowed.