James Chance
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Taking the City By Storm: The Birth of Milwaukee's Punk Scene
2023-08-12
Taking the City By Storm: The Birth of Milwaukee's Punk Scene
Overview: Taking the City By Storm: The Birth of Milwaukee's Punk Scene is a documentary focusing on the progression of Milwaukee's Protopunk, Punk, New Wave, and Alternative music scene from 1975-1985.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-08-12
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Contortions
Contortions
Overview: Distorted video footage of James Chance & the Contortions, live in NYC.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
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Rome '78
1978-12-23
Rome '78
Overview: Nares mocks up Ancient Rome by shooting in faux-classical sites like Grant's Tomb and Tribeca's American Thread Building, where a decrepit penthouse loft with a peeling-paint dome serves as an echoey stand-in for the imperial palace. The latter location required ingenuity: Posing as potential renters, Nares and associates asked the manager to show them the apartment, then unlocked the windows on the way out; a few hours later, they broke back into the space, full cast and crew in tow, to shoot the necessary scenes.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-23
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Basquiat: Rage to Riches
2017-10-07
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
Overview: This film tells Jean-Michel's story through exclusive interviews with his two sisters Lisane and Jeanine, who have never before agreed to be interviewed for a TV documentary. With striking candour, Basquiat's art dealers - including Larry Gagosian, Mary Boone and Bruno Bischofberger - as well as his most intimate friends, lovers and fellow artists, expose the cash, the drugs and the pernicious racism which Basquiat confronted on a daily basis. As historical tableaux, visual diaries of defiance or surfaces covered with hidden meanings, Basquiat's art remains the beating heart of this story.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-07
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Blank City
2011-04-06
Blank City
Overview: In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come from comfort, and it was precisely those dire circumstances that inspired artists like Jim Jarmusch, Lizzy Borden, and Amos Poe to produce some of their best works. Taking their cues from punk rock and new wave music, these young maverick filmmakers confronted viewers with a stark reality that stood in powerful contrast to the escapist product being churned out by Hollywood.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-06
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X Magazine Benefit
2009-01-01
X Magazine Benefit
Overview: Documents performances of DNA, James Chance and the Contortions, and Boris Policeband in NYC at a benefit concert for X Motion Picture Magazine and artists’ group Collaborative Projects Inc. It was shot in black and white super 8 and edited on video. It was filmed in 1978 but not completed until 2009.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Other Music
2019-04-26
Other Music
Overview: A documentary highlighting the 20 year history of influential indie record store Other Music in Manhattan's East Village.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-04-26
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Alien Portrait
1979-01-01
Alien Portrait
Overview: Filmed at CBGB’s, New York City at a Teenage Jesus & The Jerks concert on January 13th, 1978. The film shows the band members’ heads in slow motion over a live concert soundtrack.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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