Joy Division

Synopsis

Featuring the unprecedented participation of all the surviving band members (now known as New Order), ‘Joy Division’ examines the band’s story as depicted through never-before-seen live performance footage, personal photos, period films and newly discovered audiotapes. With poignant narratives from Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris, as well as accounts from Throbbing Gristle musician Genesis P. Orridge, late legendary Factory Records owner Tony Wilson, iconic Factory Records graphic artist Peter Saville, photographer/filmmaker Anton Corbijn, Belgian journalist Annik Honoré (speaking for the first time about her relationship with Ian Curtis) and others, the film is a fresh visual account of a unique time and place.

Directors' Biography

Grant Gee was born in Plymouth, England, and studied at Oxford University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has directed several shorts, his documentaries about musical groups Radiohead and Gorillaz - ‘Meeting People Is Easy’ (1998) and ‘Demon Days: Live at the Manchester Opera House’ (2005), received Grammy nominations for best long-form video. ‘Joy Division’ (2007) is his latest film.