Heavy Load

Narrative Feature • 2008 • 91’ • UK

Shot over two years HEAVY LOAD follows the band as they record their first album The Queen Mother’s Dead, the film is a comedy of conflicting ambitions, capturing the sweat and romance of playing in a band as they move out of the ghetto of disability club nights to test whether their dreams can survive in the mainstream.

Director:
Jerry Rothwell

Producers:
Al Morrow, Jonny Persey, Jerry Rothwell

Executive Producers:
Christine Lubrano, Andy Porter, Mark Dunford, Luke Montagu

Co-Producer:
Stewart le Maréchal

Partners:
IFC, ITVS, BBC Storyville