Roll Up Your Sleeves -A documentary about do-it-yourself counterculture

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Title: Roll Up Your Sleeves
Type: Documentary
Director: Dylan Haskins
Production Company: Project Arts Centre / Hide Away Films
Ireland / 2008

DIY is about giving the tools to the people that have something to say

Roll Up Your Sleeves is a manifesto for an alternative way of organising, working and thinking.

The debut film from director Dylan Haskins was shot over a two year period by Haskins and his friends. What begins with non-profit all ages gigs in his own home The Hideaway House in Ireland leads Haskins to drive US folk punk band Ghost Mice on their European tour and to the realisation that this is all about much more than music.

This youthful, energetic documentary explores the global phenomenon of
do-it-yourself culture, why its becoming increasingly popular and the problems it has yet to overcome.

Roll Up Your Sleeves examines the
relationship between DIY culture and the need for autonomous social spaces, looking at various projects across Europe and how these compare with the situation in Ireland.

At its heart this is a film about life and how a growing number of people are choosing to live it.

"An eye-catching, energetic document of the empowering nature of DIY on local and global stages."
-Jim Carroll, Irish Times

Production Team:
Dylan Haskins
Sally Stapleton
Bryan Hogan
Stephen Hughes

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• diy
• counterculture
• subculture
• ian mackaye
• ellen lupton
• hideaway house
• documentary
• roll up your sleeves
• dylan haskins
• heathers
• project arts centre
• hide away records

[MOBRIEN1234567]

this guy is friends with my friends and our art college had exhibitions and he came as part of my friends work and i fuckin forgot ahhhhhhh! inspiring stuff its exactly what i wanna get into

[haskodisko]

Hey MOBRIEND, it will be showing at the IFI in Dublin in June this year as part of the Stranger Than Fiction Documentary Film Festival and will come out on DVD release in July. Thanks for your interest!

-Dylan

[glasslighthouses]

I missed this when it was shown in the IFI, is there any way I can see it now?

[haskodisko]

Hey. It will be showing in June at the IFI again as part of Stranger Than Fiction Documentary Film Festival 2010. It will come out on DVD release in July.

[chuhchops]

estel is dell with esape button, u awnt it? come get it, komal

[thehappyhomeless]

whats this about? graff?

[itchyblood]

Where abouts can I get this?

[MrMikeReins]

This looks amazing.

[Honigkuchenbaer]

der kampf geht weiter?

[BriBryisSkyHigh]

Kings amongst men by Estel

[Cuestache]

what's this song?

[niamhyweaveypuddin]

exchellento :)