Screening of Five Punk Films!

First Half:

We Were There To Be There - Mike Plante, Jason Willis 2021. This is the mega cool documentary of Target Video's capture of The Cramps and the Mutants Playing Napa State Mental Institution in 1978. 27 mins.

In The Red - Liz Keim, Karen Merchant 1979. Absolutely beautiful seldom seen document featuring Avengers, Dils, Negative Trend, UXA, Nuns, Sleepers in and around Mabuhay Gardens. Stunning new restoration from USC Hefner Archive's Punk Media Research Collection! 21mins.

Second Half:

Elevator to Stardom - Danny Plotnick 2023. Danny Plotnick's latest super 8 narrative film within a film about film students making a film on film in film school! It's punky, it's funny, it's classic Danny P. And it's the SF/NorCal premiere. Hooray! 8mins.

Louder, Faster, Shorter - Mindaugis Bagdon 1978. The miners benefit show filmed at Mabuhay Gardnes features five full songs from Sleepers, UXA, Avengers, Dils and the Mutants. Beautiful restoration courtesy of Pacific Film Archive. Please don't miss this one. We love you Mindy. 17mins.

San Francisco's First and Only Rock'n'Roll Movie: CRIME 1978-Jon Bastian 2018. John Waters called this 35 minutes of cinematic snuff! Punk Globe said you can smell the urinal cakes wafting up through the screen! It's CRIME in their PRIME featuring the always hilarious VOICE OF DIRK and 11 complete and crushing CRIME tunes as good or better than you've ever heard them!