About
25th Sound Unseen Film Festival
Friday, November 15 at 9:30pm
Featuring a post screening Q&A with producers Chris Strouth and Rick Fuller
ABOUT THE FILM
In September of 1979, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis hosted the first ever “New-No-Now-Wave Festival”, featuring music by The Fleshtones, The Suicide Commanders, The Monochrome Set, Tuxedomoon, The Suburbs, Dark Day, James Chance and the Contortions, Judy Nylon and a host of others – including rare footage of DEVO performing under the name ‘Dove’.
This is a concert film of New Wave in its infancy, before MTV. Stylish, yet raw, this captures the transition from No Wave to New Wave, the moment before it all exploded. The footage was lost in a morass of girlfriend’s closets for 24 years, now lovingly restored to its vivid black and white glory.
Sound Unseen is proud to present this rarely screened concert gem as part of our Land of 10,000 Sounds sidebar.
PRESENTED BY SOUND UNSEEN
Celebrating 25 years in 2024, Sound Unseen is a cultural organization dedicated to the role of film and music as a conduit of powerful ideas and diverse viewpoints. Our mission is to foster a greater appreciation of cinema, to bridge cultures, create and expand community, provide cultural exchange, networking opportunities and educational outreach through regular interaction with great films, filmmakers, musicians and artists.