Ian MacKaye Movies
- 2018
Bad Reputation
Bad Reputation6.82018HD
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...
- 2002
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist4.72002HD
This documentary features interviews with Ian MacKaye (Fugazi), J Mascis (Dinosaur jr.), John John Jesse (Demonic Erotic painter), Jim Rose (Jim Rose...
- 2017
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk7.42017HD
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk spans over 30 years of the California Bay Area’s punk music history with a central focus on the...
- 2006
American Hardcore
American Hardcore6.82006HD
Inspired by Steven Blush's book "American Hardcore: A tribal history" Paul Rachman's feature documentary debut is a chronicle of the underground...
- 2016
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt02016HD
A documentary about the singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt
- 2015
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)72015HD
"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...
- 2012
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography7.92012HD
When six teenage boys came together as a skateboarding team in the 1980s, they reinvented not only their chosen sport but themselves too – as...
- 2007
Punk's Not Dead
Punk's Not Dead6.12007HD
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,...
- 2005
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen6.62005HD
A feature-length documentary chronicling early '80s punk rock band the Minutemen, from their beginnings in San Pedro, California, to their demise...
- 2021
What Drives Us
What Drives Us6.82021HD
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....
- 2018
Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records7.72018HD
The true story of punks, queers, & criminals on a ride with two men who accidentally changed music along the way.
- 2016
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape6.52016HD
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...
- 2023
Cover Your Ears
Cover Your Ears52023HD
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...
- 2017
L7: Pretend We're Dead
L7: Pretend We're Dead6.92017HD
A real time journey witnessing the rise, fall, and ultimate redemption of the fierce feminist pioneers of American grunge punk: L7.
- 2008
I Need That Record!
I Need That Record!6.52008HD
Guerilla filmmaker Brendan Toller unleashes I NEED THAT RECORD! THE DEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE, "an elegy for a...
- 2020
I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk
I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk02020HD
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...
- 2017
Parallel Planes
Parallel Planes62017HD
'Parallel Planes' is a documentary film portraying 12 American avant-garde & punk-rock musicians. It is a journey between genres, an essay on free...
- 2019
The Tony Alva Story
The Tony Alva Story102019HD
62-years-old Alva, the oldest professional, skateboarder in the world, is considered by many to be the godfather of modern day skateboarding....
- 2007
924 Gilman Street
924 Gilman Street02007HD
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...
- 1999
Instrument
Instrument6.81999HD
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...