Project Detail

More Punk Than Punk

Aki Nawaz as a young punk

Synopsis

Aki Nawaz founded Southern Death Cult and Fun-Da-Mental, spending decades navigating his identity as a Pakistani punk artist. His music has always fused the personal with the political — but in 2006, he channels this into his most controversial album yet, with All Is War – The Benefits of G-Had - a raw, furious response to post-9/11 Islamophobia in Britain.

Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
24 min 21 sec
Format
DCP / mp4
Director
Azeem Rajulawalla
Producer
Azeem Rajulawalla, Thomas Sheriff
Executive Producer
Suki Majhail-McLean, Hugh McIntyre
Editor
Thomas Sheriff
Director of Photography
Thomas Bell
Sound
Bilal Ocean, Michael Griggs
Principal cast
Aki Nawaz
Consulting Producer
Megan Hollinghurst
Associate Producers
Zoeb Kapadia, Arif Sadikot, Richard Sheriff, Janet Sheriff
Archive Researcher
Sven Nørgaard
Colourist
Henry Howard
Post-Producer
Belle McCleary
Grade Assistant
Hugo Eaton

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Production Status

Production Company

Reality Distortion Films

Azeem Rajulawalla
265 Kiln Road
Benfleet
England
SS7 1RU

azeem.raj@outlook.com

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