Ian MacKaye Movies

  • 2026
    Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

    Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

    Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

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    Follows the story of the groundbreaking Texas-based art-punk band founded by frontman Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary.

    Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
  • 2018
    Bad Reputation

    Bad Reputation

    Bad Reputation

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    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
  • 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

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    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
  • 1999
    Instrument

    Instrument

    Instrument

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    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2016
    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

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    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
  • 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

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    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
  • 2017
    L7: Pretend We're Dead

    L7: Pretend We're Dead

    L7: Pretend We're Dead

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    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
  • 2017
    The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997

    The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997

    The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997

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    In the mid-1980s outside this college town, home of the Kansas Jayhawks, punk rock history was being made in the middle of a cornfield. Where the...

    The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997
  • 2012
    Bad Brains: A Band in DC

    Bad Brains: A Band in DC

    Bad Brains: A Band in DC

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    Bad Brains are one of the most important and influential American bands still working today. They melded punk and reggae into an innovative style...

    Bad Brains: A Band in DC
  • 2012
    We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith

    We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith

    We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith

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    A documentary about the life and career of UK singer-songwriter and Adverts frontman, TV Smith.

    We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith
  • 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

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    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
  • 2008
    I Need That Record!

    I Need That Record!

    I Need That Record!

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    A documentary feature examining why over 3000 independent record stores have closed across the U.S. in the past decade. Many sources all pose threats...

    I Need That Record!
  • 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
    You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys

    You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys

    You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys

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    YOU CAN COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES, THE BIG BOYS tells the true story of the beloved funk/punk band from Austin, Texas. Go beyond Austin's city limits...

    You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys
  • 2014
    Riot on the Dance Floor

    Riot on the Dance Floor

    Riot on the Dance Floor

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    Through an oral history format of in-depth interviews and archival footage, RIOT ON THE DANCE FLOOR bring to life the gritty story of City Gardens,...

    Riot on the Dance Floor
  • 2024
    Something Better Change

    Something Better Change

    Something Better Change

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    These days, there’s a lot of talk about outsiders in politics, but very few people can claim outsider status like Joe Keithley, punk legend...

    Something Better Change