I Am Weekender

WIZ's Weekender (1992) was a film ahead of its time, both in form and content. Looking at club and drug culture through the prism of the band Flowered Up, it engaged with contemporary issues that mainstream media were eager to sensationalise. Consequently, it was branded with an 18 certificate and banned by both the BBC and ITV, never reaching a wider audience. For the past three decades, Weekender has bubbled just below the surface, gaining genuine cult status and influencing a vast network of creators. In the run-up to its thirtieth anniversary, filmmakers Tabitha Denholm and Adam Dunlop interviewed people involved in the project. Their conversations are presented here in I Am Weekender, a brand new documentary by Chloe Raunet.