Music has always been a powerful form of protest.
This special double bill explores how music, activism and resistance intersect through two extraordinary true stories. From Aki Nawaz's uncompromising response to post-9/11 Britain to Satpal Ram's decades-long fight for justice, these films celebrate voices that refused to be silenced.
More Punk than Punk
Azeem Rajulawalla|UK|2025| 30 mins
Aki Nawaz founded Southern Death Cult and Fun-Da-Mental, spending decades navigating his identity as a Pakistani punk artist. His music has always fused the personal with the political — but in 2006, he channels this into his most controversial album yet, with All Is War – The Benefits of G-Had - a raw, furious response to post-9/11 Islamophobia in Britain.
After Eight: The Story of Satpal Ram
Mos Hannan|UK|2025|24 mins
After Eight tells the story of Satpal Ram, uncovering a landmark British miscarriage of justice and the global campaign that secured his release. But freedom brought its own struggle, as he now faces the enduring demons of his past.
This Doc’n Roll double bill screening will include a post-screening Q&A with director of After Eight, Mos Hannan and director of More Punk than Punk, Azeem Rajulawalla, with special guests Aki Nawaz and Nikesh Shulka.