Ian MacKaye Movies
- 2026

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.
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- 2014

Breadcrumb Trail
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Breadcrumb Trail focuses on Slint's seminal album, Spiderland, and the Louisville music scene from which the band originated.
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- 2012

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...
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- 2012

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.
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- 2018

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...
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- 1983

Minor Threat
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The function of both popular and underground music in contemporary culture has long been a point of inquiry for Graham in his analyses of the social...
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- 2006

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...
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- 2007

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,...
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- 2017

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.
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- 2021

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....
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- 1999

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...
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- 2008

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...
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- 2018

Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
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The true story of punks, queers, & criminals on a ride with two men who accidentally changed music along the way.
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- 1995

Fugazi: Capitol Theater
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36 minutes of video footage shot by Lance Bangs and Jem Cohen (famously used in the Instrument movie).
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- 2023

Cover Your Ears
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When does art become obscenity? Cover Your Ears takes a close look at this question through the lens of the past 100 years of music and the...
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- 1994

The Obsessed: The Documentary
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Documentary on doom metal band The Obsessed. Featuring members of: White Zombie, Fugazi, Pantera, Henry Rollins, L7, The Melvins and more.
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- 2016

What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
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A documentary about the singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt
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- 2014

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,...
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- 2019

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....
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- 2003

Quest for Sleep
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An hour-long documentary filmed by the band, Superchunk, on its 2001 tour of Japan, Europe and the US
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