Oasis Film Inspires Families to End Long Feuds

The new Oasis documentary is doing something unexpected: healing families beyond the famous rock band at its center.

Steven Knight, the Peaky Blinders creator who wrote and produced Oasis: Don't Look Back In Anger, says audiences are having powerful emotional reactions to watching brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher reconcile after a 15-year feud. The film chronicles the Manchester band's reunion world tour, which kicked off in Cardiff last July.

"People are watching real people having real emotions and it is really powerful," Knight told BBC Radio Manchester. He says he can hear audience members breaking down about 15 minutes into the film, crying and hugging in their seats.

The documentary features the first joint interviews with the brothers in more than 20 years. Noel was left in tears when it premiered at the Venice Film Festival.

Knight says the stadiums were filled with "lots of fathers and sons and mothers and daughters." The original generation of Oasis fans brought their kids, who discovered the music on their own. When the music started playing, it created "spontaneous combustion" with people hugging and crying together.

Why This Inspires

The film's impact extends far beyond concert footage. Knight says people leave the theater thinking about their own broken relationships.

"What we're finding is people who've watched it, they have an emotional reaction to it and afterwards they think, well, you know what, I haven't spoken to my half-sister for 10 years, maybe I should text, maybe I should call," he explained. "And if that's the effect it has, then I'm all for it, it's great."

Knight called working with the Gallagher brothers an "honour and a privilege." He praised their work ethic and "incredible honesty," saying they were funny, smart, and a pleasure to work with.

The filmmaker, who is currently writing the new James Bond movie, kept details under wraps but called the project "fantastic." For now, he's celebrating the unexpected healing power of watching two brothers find their way back to each other.

Sometimes the most powerful stories aren't fiction at all.