Joy Division

In 1976, four young men from ruined, post-industrial Manchester went to see the Sex Pistols. They formed a band, Joy Division. It was “A right laugh”.Three years later it was a matter of art, life and death. 30 years later they are enjoying a larger audience and more influence than ever before with a profound legacy that resonates fiercely in today’s heavily careerist music industry and over-mediated pop culture. Featuring the unprecedented participation of the surviving band members, this film tells their story of beauty and loss in the city.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Cinematography: Grant Gee
Editing: Jerry Chater
Sound: Rashad Omar
Actors: Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Peter Saville,Tony Wilson
Production: Hudson Productions Ltd., UK & Brown Owl Films, USA
Producers: Tom Astor, Tom Atencio, Jacqui Edenbrow
Format: Digibeta Color
Production Country: UK, USA
Production Year: 2006
Duration: 93

Grant Gee

He was born in Plymouth, UK. He studied Geography at Oxford University, followed by graduate studies at the University of Illinois. His short films have been shown internationally as part of touring packages by the British Council, Onedotzero and London Film and Video Umbrella. His documentaries about musical groups Radiohead and Gorillaz, Meeting People Is Easy and Demon Days: Live (co-direction) respectively, received Grammy nominations in 2007. He was Director of Photography and editor for the feature documentary Scott Walker: 30 Century Man, which screened at the 9th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. He lives in Brighton.

Filmography

1997 Found Sound (short)
2002 400 Anarchists (short)
1998 Meeting People Is Easy (doc.)
2005 Demon Days: Live (doc.)
2005 Mr Fred Zentner’s…
2007 Joy Division (doc.)