I Need a Dodge! Joe Strummer on the Run A documentary film by Nick Hall The UK premiere 25 March 2015 at Koko Rock N Roll Cinema - London Soon after I started investigating Joe Strummer’s refuge in Spain in 1984/5 I heard a recording of an interview on Spanish national radio from 1997. In the interview Joe talks about a car he had in Madrid some years earlier. One day he left the car in a carpark but couldn’t remember which one. And there it stayed. In the interview Joe appeals to the Spanish people to help him find his car. I couldn’t help wondering what had happened to Joe’s Dodge and what he was doing in Madrid without the rest of The Clash. I thought I’d dig around… Joe Strummer touched many peoples’ lives in Spain during this period. He became friends with the biggest stars in Spanish music and produced an LP for a rock band from Granada. Everyone I have interviewed for the film tells an interesting and often funny tale of their time with a rock star at a professional and personal crossroads. I knew it was a story that needed to be told and an investigation that needed to be carried completed – just in case! CONFIRMED SCREENINGS 25/3/2015 Rock N Roll Cinema London (UK) 28/2/15 Glasgow Film Festival Paisley (UK) 20/2/15 Glasgow Film Festival Glasgow (UK) 29/1/15 Filmklubben Topper Stockholm (Sweden) 21/12/14 In-Edit Music Doc Film Festival Concepción (Chile) 5/12/14 In-Edit Music Doc Film Festival Santiago de Chile 27/11/14 Phono Cinema at Bestia Festival Montevideo 20/11/14 Phono-Cinema at Bestia Festival Mexico City 1/11/14 In-Edit Music Doc Film Festival Pamplona 1/11/14 In-Edit Music Doc Film Festival Bilbao 1/11/14 In-Edit Music Doc Film Festival Madrid 30/10/14 In-Edit Music Doc Film Festival Barcelona 26/10/14 In-Edit Music Doc Film Festival Barcelona 11/10/14 CBGB Music and Film Festival New York CADIZ MUSIC Presents Rock N Roll Cinema: The UK Premiere of 'I Need a Dodge! Joe Strummer On The Run' hosted at KOKO London 25th March 2015. Info and more www.ineedadodge.com/ |