Ian MacKaye Movies

  • 2018
    Bad Reputation

    Bad Reputation

    Bad Reputation

    6.82018HD

    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...

    Bad Reputation
  • 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
  • 2017
    Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk

    Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk

    Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk

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    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...

    Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
  • 2006
    American Hardcore

    American Hardcore

    American Hardcore

    6.82006HD

    Inspired by Steven Blush's book "American Hardcore: A tribal history" Paul Rachman's feature documentary debut is a chronicle of the underground...

    American Hardcore
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 2012
    Bones Brigade: An Autobiography

    Bones Brigade: An Autobiography

    Bones Brigade: An Autobiography

    7.92012HD

    When six teenage boys came together as a skateboarding team in the 1980s, they reinvented not only their chosen sport but themselves too – as...

    Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
  • 2007
    Punk's Not Dead

    Punk's Not Dead

    Punk's Not Dead

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    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,...

    Punk's Not Dead
  • 2005
    We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

    We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

    We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

    6.62005HD

    A feature-length documentary chronicling early '80s punk rock band the Minutemen, from their beginnings in San Pedro, California, to their demise...

    We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
  • 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
  • 2018
    Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records

    Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records

    Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records

    7.72018HD

    The true story of punks, queers, & criminals on a ride with two men who accidentally changed music along the way.

    Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
  • 2016
    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

    6.52016HD

    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...

    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
  • 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
  • 2017
    L7: Pretend We're Dead

    L7: Pretend We're Dead

    L7: Pretend We're Dead

    6.92017HD

    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!

    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...

    I Need That Record!
  • 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
  • 2017
    Parallel Planes

    Parallel Planes

    Parallel Planes

    62017HD

    '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
  • 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
  • 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
    Instrument

    Instrument

    Instrument

    6.81999HD

    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...

    Instrument