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Watch "We Were There to be There" (Documentary, 2021)
Watch "We Were There to be There" (Documentary, 2021)
Taking place as cuts to crucial social services loom under Ronald Reagan, two legendary punk bands come together to perform a show for patients and staff at a psychiatric facility. Captured on tape by seminal video art collective Target Video, “We Were There Be There” threads moments from the Napa State Hospital set with commentary from band members and those who witnessed it firsthand, providing a crucial backstory for the recording of one of the most iconic shows in the history of music, at a critical moment in the future of mental health care in the US.
Watch "Blood Bath" (Animated Horror Short, 2021)
Watch "Blood Bath" (Animated Horror Short, 2021)
Watch "Catnip: Egress to Oblivion" (Short, 2012)
Watch "Catnip: Egress to Oblivion" (Short, 2012)
CATNIP: EGRESS TO OBLIVION?: Debuting at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and available only on YouTubeCatnip is all the rage with today's modern feline, but ...
Read: Filmmaker Mag interview
Read: Filmmaker Mag interview
One of the most storied shows of the punk era was seen by just a tiny audience at an unlikely venue — a California mental hospital. The punk rockabilly band The Cramps and theatrical art-punk band The…
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