Ian MacKaye Movies

  • 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
  • 2006
    American Hardcore

    American Hardcore

    American Hardcore

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    Inspired by Steven Blush's book "American Hardcore: A tribal history" Paul Rachman's feature documentary debut is a chronicle of the underground...

    American Hardcore
  • 2018
    Bad Reputation

    Bad Reputation

    Bad Reputation

    6.82018HD

    The life and career of rock n' roll icon Joan Jett from her early years ripping it up onstage as the founder and backbone of hard-rock legends The...

    Bad Reputation
  • 1970
    Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

    Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

    Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

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    Follows the story of the groundbreaking Texas-based art-punk band founded by frontman Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary.

    Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
  • 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
  • 2012
    Bones Brigade: An Autobiography

    Bones Brigade: An Autobiography

    Bones Brigade: An Autobiography

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    When six teenage boys came together as a skateboarding team in the 1980s, they reinvented not only their chosen sport but themselves too – as...

    Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
  • 2013
    Dither: The D.I.Y. Sound

    Dither: The D.I.Y. Sound

    Dither: The D.I.Y. Sound

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    Dither: The D.I.Y. Sound is not your conventional punk rock documentary. In this documentary we explore the ideologies created by cornerstones of the...

    Dither: The D.I.Y. Sound
  • 2016
    What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt

    What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt

    What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt

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    A documentary about the singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt

    What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
  • 2019
    The Tony Alva Story

    The Tony Alva Story

    The Tony Alva Story

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    62-years-old Alva, the oldest professional, skateboarder in the world, is considered by many to be the godfather of modern day skateboarding....

    The Tony Alva Story
  • 2018
    Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records

    Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records

    Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records

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    The true story of punks, queers, & criminals on a ride with two men who accidentally changed music along the way.

    Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
  • 2017
    L7: Pretend We're Dead

    L7: Pretend We're Dead

    L7: Pretend We're Dead

    6.92017HD

    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
  • 2007
    Punk's Not Dead

    Punk's Not Dead

    Punk's Not Dead

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    On the edge of the 30th anniversary of punk rock, Punk's Not Dead takes you into the sweaty underground clubs, backyard parties, recording studios,...

    Punk's Not Dead
  • 2005
    We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

    We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

    We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

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    A feature-length documentary chronicling early '80s punk rock band the Minutemen, from their beginnings in San Pedro, California, to their demise...

    We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
  • 2005
    Don't Need You - The Herstory of Riot Grrrl

    Don't Need You - The Herstory of Riot Grrrl

    Don't Need You - The Herstory of Riot Grrrl

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    A documentary film that tells the story of the origins of Riot Grrrl in the American independent music scene of the 1990s, and how this feminist...

    Don't Need You - The Herstory of Riot Grrrl
  • 2021
    What Drives Us

    What Drives Us

    What Drives Us

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    The stories of some of the biggest artists in music, recalling the romance and adventure, as well as the idiocy and chaos, of their time on the road....

    What Drives Us
  • 2023
    Cover Your Ears

    Cover Your Ears

    Cover Your Ears

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    When does art become obscenity? Cover Your Ears takes a close look at this question through the lens of the past 100 years of music and the...

    Cover Your Ears
  • 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
  • 1999
    Instrument

    Instrument

    Instrument

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    The band Fugazi is documented over a period of more than ten years (1987-1998) through performance footage and interviews with the band and their...

    Instrument
  • 2014
    Riot on the Dance Floor

    Riot on the Dance Floor

    Riot on the Dance Floor

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    Through an oral history format of in-depth interviews and archival footage, RIOT ON THE DANCE FLOOR bring to life the gritty story of City Gardens,...

    Riot on the Dance Floor
  • 1994
    The Obsessed: The Documentary

    The Obsessed: The Documentary

    The Obsessed: The Documentary

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    Documentary on doom metal band The Obsessed. Featuring members of: White Zombie, Fugazi, Pantera, Henry Rollins, L7, The Melvins and more.

    The Obsessed: The Documentary