[su_note note_color=”#f4f4f4″] Doc’n Roll, the UK’s Music Documentary Festival, returns for its 6th London edition from 1st to 17th November 2019 at eight of the city’s best-loved cinemas. Its diverse and dazzling lineup of 30 music documentaries spotlights music-makers and genres that run the gamut from Zambian rock to Krautrock, jazz to jungle; from prog to folk and noise rock to feminist punk; and from the selling of the soul of alt-rock to an unexpectedly moving portrait of two of its most devoted fans.
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DOC’N ROLL FILM FESTIVAL PREMIERES ‘MANCHESTER KEEPS ON DANCING’ IN LONDON, A DOCUMENTARY FROM JAVIER SENZ ABOUT THE EXPLOSION OF HOUSE MUSIC IN THE ENGLISH CITY.
by Mira Cirera
Directed and produced by Zaragoza native Javier Senz, ‘Manchester Keeps On Dancing’ is a documentary that takes a look at how house music got started in the city of Manchester during the 1980s. It serves as a reminder of just how important this city was as the first music scene in Europe to import house music from the north-eastern United States, before going on to expand this brand-new genre. The story is told by the DJs themselves, not to mention the managers of nightclubs like The Haçienda, which were responsible for taking house music to the heights it reached. It also features names from today’s scene, who are keeping the spirit of house music alive.