The DOC'N'ROLL FILM FESTIVAL returns next month with its usual eclectic and cutting edge crop of music documentaries.
Running from 24 October to 10 November, the festival will feature no fewer than of 26 premiere feature films, including 4 World and 7 International premieres as well as exclusive Q&As at cinemas across London as well as satellite regional screenings of selected films in Dublin, Brighton, Birmingham, Coventry, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Hastings, Stockport, Sheffield, Newcastle, Nottingham and Glasgow.
Among the wide selection of films being screened this year, Vive Le Rock recommends...
PAULINE BLACK: A 2 TONE STORY The extraordinary life story of the iconic Selecter frontwoman at the centre of a mostly male scene. (UK Premiere)
LITTLE EDEN – THE BEVIS FROND The story of London-born DIY psych iconoclast Nick Saloman. (World Premiere)
I SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD YEARS AGO: STU SPASM An exploration of the notorious Australian underground rocker and sometime member of Beasts Of Bourbon, Salamander Jim and Lubricated Goat. (International Premiere)
MIDNIGHT OIL: THE HARDEST LINE Pail Clarke's documentary on the long-serving planet-saving Oz-rock legends. (International Premiere)
PRETTY UGLY: THE STORY OF THE LUNACHICKS An examination of legendary 90s NYC rock heroines from director Ilya Chaiken. (International Premiere)
THIS IS A FILM ABOUT THE BLACK KEYS The story of the globe-straddling chart-topping Akron blues twosome. (UK Premiere)
SCREAM OF MY BLOOD: A GOGOL BORDELLO STORY Following the gypsy-punks' founder Eugene Hütz on his epic and emotional journey back to his Ukrainian homeland. (UK Premiere)
BORN TO BE WILD – THE STORY OF STEPPENWOLF An exploration of John Kay's biker-rock legends across six decades. (UK Premiere)
GARLAND JEFFREYS – THE KING OF IN-BETWEEN R&B, rock'n'roll, doowop, reggae, blues - Brooklyn legend Jeffreys has seen and done it all. this film tells his amazing story. (UK Premiere)
S/HE IS STILL HER/E – THE OFFICIAL GENESIS P-ORRIDGE DOC The extraordinary and controversial life of the Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV linchpin. (UK Premiere)
DEVO Director Chris Wright's examination of the Akron punk experimentalists across fifty years. (UK Premiere)
For full film and screening details, go to docnrollfestival.com
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