Ian MacKaye Movies

  • 2015
    Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)

    Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)

    Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)

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    "Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)" examines the early DIY punk scene in the Nation's Capital. It was a decade when seminal...

    Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2003
    Minor Threat - Live: DC Space-Buff Hall-930 Club

    Minor Threat - Live: DC Space-Buff Hall-930 Club

    Minor Threat - Live: DC Space-Buff Hall-930 Club

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    Minor Threat played one of its last shows at Washington DC's 930 Club in June of 1983; they would only play once more in DC. Two years later, the...

    Minor Threat - Live: DC Space-Buff Hall-930 Club
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2017
    Parallel Planes

    Parallel Planes

    Parallel Planes

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    'Parallel Planes' is a documentary film portraying 12 American avant-garde & punk-rock musicians. It is a journey between genres, an essay on free...

    Parallel Planes
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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