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Podcast: De Balie
Episode: 64. SPECIAL - Brian Welsh on his latest film Beats, rave culture, and how film drives his political message
Description: In this special edition of the De Balie Podcast, cinema editor Emily Rhodes speaks to filmmaker Brian Welsh who visited Amsterdam for the screening of his latest film Beats. Beats depicts a friendship between two teenage boys, Johnno and Spanner, who embark on an adventure into the underworld of the Scottish 90’s rave scene. The film is set in 1994, the year in which British parliament passed the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act, known as the Criminal Justice Bill, banning raves across the United Kingdom. The bill led to wide-spread protests and even more illegal raves. Set aga...