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Movie Review: In “Kneecap,” Director Rich Peppiatt Offers A Poignant Study Of Three Men Seeking Their Path Amidst Northern Ireland’s Violence

James McDonaldUpdated on August 3, 2024July 31, 2024

When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed ‘low life scum’ Naoise and Liam Og, the needle drops on a hip-hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they lead a movement to save their mother tongue.