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!
  • 1984
    Another State of Mind

    Another State of Mind

    Another State of Mind

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    Another State of Mind is a documentary film made in the summer of 1982 chronicling the adventure (and misadventure) of two punk bands – Social...

    Another State of Mind
  • 2012
    Bad Brains: A Band in DC

    Bad Brains: A Band in DC

    Bad Brains: A Band in DC

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    Bad Brains are one of the most important and influential American bands still working today. They melded punk and reggae into an innovative style...

    Bad Brains: A Band in DC
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2004
    Chain

    Chain

    Chain

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    In Chain, actual malls, theme parks, hotels and corporate centers worldwide are joined into a monolithic superlandscape that shapes and circumscribes...

    Chain
  • 2014
    Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action

    Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action

    Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action

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    Punk activist collective Positive Force emerged in 1985, rising from the ashes of Revolution Summer. This feature-length film by Robin Bell...

    Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action
  • 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
  • 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
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1989
    Glueman

    Glueman

    Glueman

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    Collaboration with Fugazi

    Glueman
  • 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
  • 2014
    Breadcrumb Trail

    Breadcrumb Trail

    Breadcrumb Trail

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    Breadcrumb Trail focuses on Slint's seminal album, Spiderland, and the Louisville music scene from which the band originated.

    Breadcrumb Trail
  • 1999
    Fugazi: Live in Hamburg 1999

    Fugazi: Live in Hamburg 1999

    Fugazi: Live in Hamburg 1999

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    Fugazi perfoming at the Fabrik in Hamburg, Germany, on September 18 1999.

    Fugazi: Live in Hamburg 1999
  • 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
  • 2003
    Quest for Sleep

    Quest for Sleep

    Quest for Sleep

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    An hour-long documentary filmed by the band, Superchunk, on its 2001 tour of Japan, Europe and the US

    Quest for Sleep