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Mogwai: If the Stars Had a Sound

Formerly a photographer, British director Antony Crook lets the music do the talking in this fascinating documentary. Containing interviews, archive footage and studio recordings, the band’s 1990s beginnings are explored right through to their latest 2020 album, which saw them on the improbable brink of a UK Number One hit. Co-produced by Glasgow-based Blazing Griffin and Edinburgh-based Screen Scotland.

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Scottish band Mogwai have played together for over twenty-five years, producing ten studio albums. Journey from their inception in the mid-1990s to lockdown in 2020 as they write their tenth studio album in their hometown of Glasgow.