Billy Bragg
Birthday: 1957-12-20
Place of Birth: Barking, London, England, UK
Biography: Stephen William Bragg is an English singer-songwriter and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, with lyrics that mostly span political or romantic themes. His music is heavily centred on bringing about change and involving the younger generation in activist causes.
Movies
The Internationale
THE INTERNATIONALE draws on people's stories of an emotionally charged radical song (the long-time a...
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Billy Bragg Goes to Moscow & Norton, Virginia Too
Two 50-minute documentaries from Billy's travels to the USA and USSR...
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Way of the Morris
As quintessentially homegrown as a game of cricket or a plate of fish-and-chips, Morris dancing is o...
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Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl
Born James Henry Miller in 1915, MacColl became prominent on the folk scene in the 1950s and was als...
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The Great Hunger: The Life and Songs of Shane MacGowan
A look at the colourful lifestyle and inspiring music and lyrics of Shane MacGowan, former lead sing...
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Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
A documentary tribute to the singer/songwriter who died on 18th December, 2000....
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Days Like These
Documentary containing interviews and concert footage of the various musicians and bands within the ...
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Last Shop Standing
Last Shop Standing, inspired by the book of the same name by Graham Jones, takes you behind the coun...
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Where Are You, Jay Bennett?
A feature-length documentary about musician Jay Bennett (1963-2009), who was a key member of Wilco o...
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Billy Bragg & Wilco: Man in the Sand
"Man in the Sand" is a 1999 music documentary that chronicles the collaboration between Billy Bragg ...
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Freedom Beat
On January 5, 1988, Artists Against Apartheid held a huge show in London to protest against the raci...
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Urban Hymn
Set against the backdrop of the 2011 UK summer riots, Jamie, a young female offender who possesses a...
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Beyond Barricades
Beyond Barricades is a documentary on political punk band Anti-Flag, featuring interviews with Tom M...
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Call Me Lucky
An inspiring, triumphant and wickedly funny portrait of one of comedy’s most enigmatic and important...
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Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
A look at the life of John Cooper Clarke. From his rise as a 'punk poet', through his heroin addicti...
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Billy Bragg Live at the Union Chapel London
An exclusive film of Billy in concert in June 2013 performing his critically acclaimed "Tooth & Nail...
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Beyond the Maypole
Zimbabwean musician, Biggie Tempo, talks to a number of UK folk musicians about their work and their...
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Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
From civil rights to the anti-war movement to the struggles of workers, folksinger Phil Ochs wrote t...
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Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock
In January 1956, a new pop phenomenon appeared in the UK charts: a British artist playing a guitar. ...
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The Big Meeting
Every second Saturday in July, since 1871, the city of Durham has been taken over by miners, trade-u...
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Woody Guthrie: Three Chords and the Truth
Woody Guthrie is one of America’s legendary songwriters. A voice of the people, he wrote hard-hittin...
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Billy Bragg: Tooth and Nail
This 10-song DVD accompaniment to the Tooth and Nail CD release showcases music videos from Billy Br...
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From Russia with Rock
A Finnish documentary about the feelings of a rock generation in the Soviet Union during Gorbachev's...
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Let's rock-n-roll
Documentary film for german TV about rock music in Soviet Union. Featuring: "Мистер Твистер", "Ва-Ба...
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Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council
The story of the band that Paul Weller formed after The Jam split up in 1982, with insight from key ...
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Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song
A biographical documentary about the life Hazel Dickens profiling a modern woman dealing with contem...
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A World Without Beethoven?
"What would the world be like without Beethoven?" That’s the provocative question posed by this musi...
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Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
Described by Bono as 'the Noel Coward of our generation’, the singer and songwriter Kirsty MacColl w...
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A Curious Life
Borne out of the anarcho-squatting free-festival scene of the eighties the Levellers have survived o...
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Think of England
With the closing of the old Wembley stadium, Billy goes 'round talking about British identity with L...
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Strummerville
A documentary on the family members and friends who set up a charity, Stummerville, after musician J...
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