Punk Politics
Documentary · 2023 · 13 min · Producer
A documentary portrait of Alison Walker and of British punk music and politics in the 1970s and 1980s.
What I did as Producer
- Sole producer, from the pitch to the post-production clearances.
- Pitched the film with Kate Johnston and Siân Ganobcsik-Williams.
- Two interview shoots with Alison Walker in Manchester, December 2022 and February 2023.
- Wrote the treatment and transcribed the first interview.
- The Kickstarter backers: correspondence, thank-you cards and the backer report.
- Pre-production: research, budget, production schedule, recces, risk assessments, call sheets and release forms.
- Post-production clearances: archive images and footage, and music.
- Screenings
- Shoreditch Arts Club, London, November 2023.
- Financing
- Crowdfunded on Kickstarter: £1,101 from 22 backers.
- Directed & filmed by
- Siân Ganobcsik-Williams
- Produced by
- Kaan Çakır
- Sound & editing
- Kate Johnston
- Featuring
- Alison Walker
- Runtime
- 13:02 · 16:9
- Made at
- Goldsmiths, University of London (BA Media & Communications)
“When I found that music, it was like it was mine.”