More Punk than Punk & After Eight: The Story of Satpal Ram

Join us for the screening of More Punk than Punk and After Eight: The Story of Satpal Ram and Q+A (with Suresh Grover, Founding Director of the Monitoring Group and the filmmakers)

This special double bill explores how music, activism and resistance intersect through two extraordinary true stories. From Aki Nawaz's uncompromising response to post-9/11 Britain to Satpal Ram's decades-long fight for justice, these films celebrate voices that refused to be silenced.

More Punk than Punk
dir. Azeem Rajulawalla | UK | 2025

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.

After Eight: The Story of Satpal Ram
dir. Mos Hannan and Usayd younis | UK | 2025

After Eight tells the story of Satpal Ram, uncovering a landmark British miscarriage of justice and the global campaign that secured his release. But freedom brought its own struggle, as he now faces the enduring demons of his past.

Post-screening discussion with Suresh Grover, Founding Director of the Monitoring Group and filmmakers Azeem Rajulawalla and Mos Hannan chaired by Sasha Patel. 

Image: Film still by Azeem Rajulawalla and Mos Hannan.