Dunstan Bruce Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography
Dunstan Bruce
Directing
Biography
Dunstan Bruce is a British musician and filmmaker most famous for his role as the lead singer and founding member of the anarchist punk band Chumbawamba. He performed the lead vocals on the band's global 1997 smash hit, "Tubthumping," which became a defining anthem of the decade.
Filmography Movies
Acting
I Get Knocked Down
Part music documentary, part unflinching character study, part a punk version of ‘A Christmas Carol’ - I Get Knocked Down is the funny, surreal, and deeply human untold story of Chumbawamba and its ex-front man Dunstan Bruce.
A Curious Life
Borne out of the anarcho-squatting free-festival scene of the eighties the Levellers have survived over 25 years of music press vitriol, drink and drug addictions as well as many barren years in the wilderness. But the band had seven consecutive gold albums throughout the 90s, sold out their own festival for the last ten years and run their own creative centre, the Metway. Via the eccentric artist, archivist, whiskey loving bassist Jeremy Cunningham we are taken on a journey; how the band rose to fame and how they survived. A potted history of 25 years of subsidised dysfunctionalism. An uplifting tale of battling demons, that reminds us that behind every band there is always a story of struggle for expression, acceptance and survival.
Chumbawamba : Going, Going — Live At Leeds City Varieties
Filmed at Leeds City Varieties in December 2012 and released in 2013, “Going, Going” records the final gig of anarchist punk band Chumbawumba before they split up, bringing to an end a 30–year career.
Well Done, Now Sod Off
A potted and often hilarious history of Chumbawamba. Footage and interviews from the last two decades retrace the band's history through its early days of communal living, getting through the Thatchers years, and emerging in the nineties wiser and unrepentant. The story of how they surprised themselves and everybody else by selling 5 million albums in the USA. This is an ongoing punk saga in an age of manufactured bands.
Aguska
Aguska is an inspirational short film about a young girl called Melissa. Bullied at football, she and her family work together to not only overcome and unite the whole team together but also to ensure everyone wins.
Production
A Curious Life
Borne out of the anarcho-squatting free-festival scene of the eighties the Levellers have survived over 25 years of music press vitriol, drink and drug addictions as well as many barren years in the wilderness. But the band had seven consecutive gold albums throughout the 90s, sold out their own festival for the last ten years and run their own creative centre, the Metway. Via the eccentric artist, archivist, whiskey loving bassist Jeremy Cunningham we are taken on a journey; how the band rose to fame and how they survived. A potted history of 25 years of subsidised dysfunctionalism. An uplifting tale of battling demons, that reminds us that behind every band there is always a story of struggle for expression, acceptance and survival.
A Curious Life
Borne out of the anarcho-squatting free-festival scene of the eighties the Levellers have survived over 25 years of music press vitriol, drink and drug addictions as well as many barren years in the wilderness. But the band had seven consecutive gold albums throughout the 90s, sold out their own festival for the last ten years and run their own creative centre, the Metway. Via the eccentric artist, archivist, whiskey loving bassist Jeremy Cunningham we are taken on a journey; how the band rose to fame and how they survived. A potted history of 25 years of subsidised dysfunctionalism. An uplifting tale of battling demons, that reminds us that behind every band there is always a story of struggle for expression, acceptance and survival.
I Get Knocked Down
Part music documentary, part unflinching character study, part a punk version of ‘A Christmas Carol’ - I Get Knocked Down is the funny, surreal, and deeply human untold story of Chumbawamba and its ex-front man Dunstan Bruce.
Clowns
Daisy Asquith investigates the mysterious world of children's entertainers.
This Band Is So Gorgeous
In 2009, Sham 69 became the first punk rock band to tour China. Just as the ‘70s British icons were attempting to mount a comeback, Chinese punk singer, tour manager and promoter Ray Yao lured them for two weeks of chaos in an enthusiastic but ever-changing country. With locals No Name as their supports, and former Chumbawamba lead singer turned director Dunstan Bruce capturing their every move, the trip provided more than just an unlikely introduction to the modern music scene. Met by excited new fans screaming “this band is gorgeous!”, they tapped into the enduring, uniting nature of punk anthems
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