Shadowplayers Factory Records and Manchester PostPunk 197881

Shadowplayers is a two hour documentary film by James Nice tracing the early history of iconic Manchester Label Factory Records between 1978 and 1981 The facts and the fictions are explored through candid interviews with 22 key participants including Anthony H Wilson Founder and Peter Saville Designer as well as musicians including Peter Hook Joy DivisionNew Order Vini Reilly Durutti Common Simon Topping and Martin Moscrop A Certain Ratio Chris Watson Cabaret Voltaire and Howard Devoto BuzzcocksMagazine The film is divided into 19 chapters covering subjects such as The Factory Club sleeve art and graphic design producer Martin Hannett the riot at the Joy Division concert at Bury in April 1980 The Factory Beneleux connection the tragic suicide of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis the beginnings of New Order and the decline of the postpunk culture in 1981