Shadowplayers

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

How it feels

A documentary about the early years of Factory Records and the Manchester post-punk scene from 1978 to 1981. It covers the bands, the people, and the events that shaped that era.

informativedetaileddown-to-earthretrospectivefocusedearthyarchivalgritty

What happens

Shadowplayers is the title of both a 2006 documentary film and a 2010 book by James Nice of LTM Recordings, tracing the detailed history of Factory Records and the Manchester post-punk music scene between 1978 and 1981. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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