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“Films very rarely do this”: the Nirvanna the Band duo on fair use, 80s blockbusters and guerrilla filmmaking

Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol are the comedian-filmmakers behind hit web series and TV show Nirvanna the Band. In their anarchic new big-screen mockumentary, they go back to the future in a film filled with tricks, antics and references to a certain 1980s time-travel film. Can they get away with it?

By James Mottram

“Films very rarely do this”: the Nirvanna the Band duo on fair use, 80s blockbusters and guerrilla filmmaking
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The creators of Free Nelson Mandela bring the story of Mandela’s extraordinary release to BFI Southbank.

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