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Don't Go Gentle: A Film about IDLES

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Don't Go Gentle: A Film about IDLES

“Don’t Go Gentle: A Film About Idles” traces the arc of the uncompromising British group as it becomes one of the world’s most vital rock groups — and helps establish an international community steeped in friendship, unity and determination — amid challenging sociopolitical and personal circumstances in the late 2010s.

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Idles’ Joyous Protest

In the documentary “Don’t Go Gentle,” first-time director Mark Archer zeroes in on what makes the British band Idles tick: Its ability to make rage and vulnerability feel compatible, its insistence that blast-furnace rock ‘n’ roll can also be compassionate and consoling, and that earnestness and humor – the more self-deprecating the better – can co-exist.

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