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Heavy Load (film)
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Heavy Load is a 2008
British
documentary film
directed by Jerry Rothwell.
The documentary tells the story of Heavy Load, a British punk band composed of members suffering from various disabilities. The film captures the band over two years, as they record their first album and take their show to bigger venues.
All members met at Southdown housing, a non-profit assisted-living community for people with mental health issues and learning disabilities.
2008 in film
This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...
British
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
directed by Jerry Rothwell.
The documentary tells the story of Heavy Load, a British punk band composed of members suffering from various disabilities. The film captures the band over two years, as they record their first album and take their show to bigger venues.
All members met at Southdown housing, a non-profit assisted-living community for people with mental health issues and learning disabilities.
Band members
- Simon Barker, Vocals
- Jimmy Nichols, Guitar and vocals
- Paul Richards, Bass
- Mick Williams, Guitar and vocals
- Michael White, Drums