Ian MacKaye Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1991
    Fugazi: Live in Front of The White House

    Fugazi: Live in Front of The White House

    Fugazi: Live in Front of The White House

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    Rare multicam concert done in protest against the Gulf War.

    Fugazi: Live in Front of The White House
  • 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
  • 1991
    Fugazi: Sacred Heart Church, Washington, DC

    Fugazi: Sacred Heart Church, Washington, DC

    Fugazi: Sacred Heart Church, Washington, DC

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    Rare proshot concert of the band

    Fugazi: Sacred Heart Church, Washington, DC
  • 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
  • 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
    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
  • 1995
    Fugazi: Capitol Theater

    Fugazi: Capitol Theater

    Fugazi: Capitol Theater

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    36 minutes of video footage shot by Lance Bangs and Jem Cohen (famously used in the Instrument movie).

    Fugazi: Capitol Theater
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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