Sundance hosts Strummer film premiere

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The Future Is Unwritten, made by his friend, film director Julien Temple, promises to be the definitive documentary about the lead singer of The Clash, who died of a congenital heart defect in December 2002, aged 50.

It features contributions from Bono, Martin Scorsese, Johnny Depp and John Cusack.

Strummer's radical Leftwing lyrics established the Clash as campaigners against fascism, racism and US expansionism.

The Clash's albums, which embraced everything from reggae to hiphop, rockabilly and calypso, paved the way for today's interest in World Music, while the influence of punk graphics and clothes on high street fashion can still be felt.

Temple - who also made the Sex Pistols documentary The Filth And The Fury and whose 2006 film Glastonbury has become the definitive account of the festival - interviewed friends from Strummer's days squatting in London.

The film features footage of his early life as well as rare clips of the band. Temple said: "In many ways, Joe is a comparative figure to Winston Churchill."