Coming Soon! No Manifesto - A Film About Manic Street Preachers

In 1991, a band from South Wales with the unlikely name of Manic Street Preachers came on to the British music scene proclaiming their ambition to make one album, sell 16 million copies of it, and then split up. 17 years, nine albums, one missing member, and many controversies later, they are still here. In No Manifesto, this colourful and contentious band faces off with their equally colourful and contentious fans in a verité multimedia mash-up experiment that will turn the traditional rocknroll documentary upside-down and shake it until all the change falls out of its pockets.

For the making of No Manifesto, the Manics provided unprecedented access. For the first time ever, they allowed cameras into the studio while they were at work, creating their 2007 album Send Away The Tigers. The film will take a fascinating look at the bands creative process, showing their working dynamic and illustrating how a song evolves from lyric to demo to final mix. Also included are interviews given exclusively for this project and candid scenes of the day-to-day lives of the band members both at and away from work.

Featuring footage shot at rehearsals, recording sessions, performances, band members homes and a variety of other locations combined with archival materials, plus interviews in which fans provide commentary, lore, criticism and praise, No Manifesto smashes the rock-cliché candy shell to get to the creamy human centre of one of Britains most confounding bands.

Directed by Elizabeth Marcus
Produced and Edited by Kurt Engfehr

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• No
• Manifesto
• Manic
• Street
• Preachers
• Rock'n'Roll
• Documentary
• Film
• Movie
• James
• Dean
• Bradfield
• Nicky
• Wire
• Sean
• Moore
• Richey
• Edwards
• Welsh
• Band
• Wales
• 4Real
• Guitar
• Bass
• Drums
• Britpop
• Rock
• Music
• Elizabeth
• Marcus
• Kurt
• Engfehr

[NoManifestoFilm]

We're still working on raising the funds we need for rights and distribution. We're making progress and hope to have news soon.

Thank you for your interest!

[BluesControl16]

Putting 'COMING SOON' in the title was a bit misleading...

[NoManifestoFilm]

@BluesControl16 Hahaha! Yeah, sorry about that, but without optimism we have nothing. ;)

[SeriouslyRandom20]

'Yellow eyeshadow' when the fuck is this going to be out!

[NoManifestoFilm]

@SeriouslyRandom20 We will release the film as soon as we are able to raise money to pay for music rights and distribution.

[PrincessVali]

When the fuck is this documentary coming out???

[Clemen79]

I think they are the most private major rock band on this planet and they totally deserve this documentary so music fans will know them more.

[BluesControl16]

@NoManifestoFilm What's the latest then? Can we expect to see it in our life time? :(

[ThePinkSnail]

Manics Manics Manics Manics Manics Manics.

Me at 1:04, think I was 19, almost 28 now!!

[devtherevLS]

James's pleeeecccccctttrrrrrruuuuuummm­mmm!!!!!

[devtherevLS]

YELLOW eyeshadow

[wildebest]

@NoManifestoFilm Which is going to be...never? Seriously, no offence, this would be quality, but how the fuck do you expect to be able to get the rights to even one Manics song?

Don't want to bust balls. This would be good if it came out. But...still...a bit of realism...

[ManicStreetKillers]

" I AM AN ARCHITECT" lol

[sexybalaclavaman]

@NoManifestoFilm

How much do you need to raise? Am sure manics fans will be willing to help out!

It's the first time I've seen this footage. I'm the guy on the right when someone comes up behind us and shouts "I am an architect!" on 20 seconds. The look of confusion on my face is embarrassing haha