Ian MacKaye Movies

  • 2017
    L7: Pretend We're Dead

    L7: Pretend We're Dead

    L7: Pretend We're Dead

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    A real time journey witnessing the rise, fall, and ultimate redemption of the fierce feminist pioneers of American grunge punk: L7.

    L7: Pretend We're Dead
  • 2008
    I Need That Record!

    I Need That Record!

    I Need That Record!

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    Guerilla filmmaker Brendan Toller unleashes I NEED THAT RECORD! THE DEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE, "an elegy for a...

    I Need That Record!
  • 2023
    Punk Rock Vegan Movie

    Punk Rock Vegan Movie

    Punk Rock Vegan Movie

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    The ongoing relationship between the worlds of punk rock and animal rights and how the music became a breeding ground for vegan activism.

    Punk Rock Vegan Movie
  • 2019
    Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement

    Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement

    Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement

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    An in-depth exploration of a seminal moment in DC music history (circa 1976 to 1984) and the rise of harDCore. The film is made up of a mix of rare...

    Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement
  • 2007
    924 Gilman Street

    924 Gilman Street

    924 Gilman Street

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    Starting with its inception in 1986, the all-ages nonprofit punk venue at 924 Gilman St. in Berkeley, Calif., was a mainstay of a thriving music...

    924 Gilman Street
  • 2011
    Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind

    Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind

    Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind

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    Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind visually documents the explosion of Grunge, the Seattle Sound, within the context of the...

    Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind
  • 2010
    Fugazi's Last Stop in Wisconsin

    Fugazi's Last Stop in Wisconsin

    Fugazi's Last Stop in Wisconsin

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    A kinetic glimpse of the rock band Fugazi tearing it up in Wisconsin during the 
Summer of 2001. The original 16mm footage had gone missing for...

    Fugazi's Last Stop in Wisconsin
  • 2014
    The Dicks from Texas

    The Dicks from Texas

    The Dicks from Texas

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    A punk band from Texas whose music and persona was extreme and political and the supporters who've followed and loved them for over 35 years.

    The Dicks from Texas
  • 2016
    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

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    Cassette inventor Lou Ottens digs through his past to figure out why the audiotape won't die. Rock veterans join a legion of young bands releasing...

    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
  • 2002
    D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist

    D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist

    D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist

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    This documentary features interviews with Ian MacKaye (Fugazi), J Mascis (Dinosaur jr.), John John Jesse (Demonic Erotic painter), Jim Rose (Jim Rose...

    D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
  • 2018
    Records Collecting Dust II

    Records Collecting Dust II

    Records Collecting Dust II

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    Records Collecting Dust II focuses on the East Coast cities of Boston, New York and Washington DC, and includes in depth interviews with twenty eight...

    Records Collecting Dust II
  • 2020
    Dope, Hookers and Pavement

    Dope, Hookers and Pavement

    Dope, Hookers and Pavement

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    "Dope, Hookers and Pavement" is a lively and unfiltered account of the early days of the Detroit hardcore punk scene, circa 1981-82, in the notorious...

    Dope, Hookers and Pavement
  • 2017
    Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk

    Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk

    Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk

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    Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk spans over 30 years of the California Bay Area’s punk music history with a central focus on the...

    Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
  • 2017
    The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997

    The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997

    The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997

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    In the mid-1980s outside this college town, home of the Kansas Jayhawks, punk rock history was being made in the middle of a cornfield. Where the...

    The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997
  • 2012
    We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith

    We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith

    We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith

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    A documentary about the life and career of UK singer-songwriter and Adverts frontman, TV Smith.

    We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith
  • 2024
    Something Better Change

    Something Better Change

    Something Better Change

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    These days, there’s a lot of talk about outsiders in politics, but very few people can claim outsider status like Joe Keithley, punk legend...

    Something Better Change
  • 2020
    I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk

    I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk

    I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk

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    Largely ignored and left to their own devices, a group of unassuming teenagers in late 80s and early 90s Sioux Falls, South Dakota created their own...

    I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk
  • 2023
    We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.

    We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.

    We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.

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    To commemorate the 20 years that have passed since DC-based post-hardcore band Fugazi's last live appearance (November 4, 2002, at the Forum in...

    We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.
  • 1983
    Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two

    Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two

    Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two

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    White Flag : Flipside, Not Alright, Communication Breakdown G.B.H. : Gimme Fire, Wild Thing, I Am The Hunted 7 Seconds : This Is My Life, out of...

    Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two
  • 1983
    Minor Threat

    Minor Threat

    Minor Threat

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    The function of both popular and underground music in contemporary culture has long been a point of inquiry for Graham in his analyses of the social...

    Minor Threat