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Where are you, Jay Bennett? (2021)

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The story of a musical genius who left us much too soon…   A feature-length documentary on Jay Bennett, a legendary musician and recording studio savant, who as a member of Wilco, was a large part of the genius behind their three seminal albums (Being There, Summerteeth, and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot — he co-wrote most […]

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What It Takes: film en douze tableaux (2018)

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A vegan, bisexual, atheist, civil rights activist singer/songwriter walks into a country/western bar…   An intimate glimpse at songwriting and the balancing act of life versus passion as vegan, bisexual, civil rights activist Sarah Shook and her band of seasoned vitruosos, The Disarmers, head into the studio to record their new album and prove they […]

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Who is Lydia Loveless? (2016)

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WHO IS LYDIA LOVELESS?

Singer/songwriter, alt-country queen, cow punk, hard rocker? The second coming of Hank Williams or Patti Smith? Or just a bubbling cauldron of hormones and emotions holding steadfast to the ideal of keeping rock & roll alive?

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Every Everything: the music, life & times of Grant Hart (2013)

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A rock & roll Fog of War about Hüsker Dü’s Grant Hart.   In marked contrast to COLOR ME OBSESSED, director Gorman Bechard’s risky yet rewarding 2011 Replacements documentary that featured no songs or appearances by its subject matter, his upcoming EVERY EVERYTHING: THE MUSIC, LIFE & TIMES OF GRANT HART doc completely flips the […]

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What Did You Expect? The Archers of Loaf live at Cat’s Cradle (2012)

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A feature-length Archers of Loaf concert documentary.    Indie rock icons the Archers of Loaf reunited in 2011, and during the course of their reunion tour played two legendary concerts at Cat’s Cradle in Chapel Hill, NC. Combining in-your-face concert footage along with rare interviews of the band, this film by director Gorman Bechard documents […]

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Color Me Obsessed, a film about The Replacements (2011)

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Kinda Brilliant.  Kinda Dumb.  Kinda The Replacements.   For some aging music fans and kids with a passion for musical history, The Replacements are rock and roll defined. This Minneapolis quartet took a teenage-punk attitude, threw it in a blender with classic and pop rock, and then poured it into a Middle American pint glass. […]

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