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Não é Permitido: um recorte da censura ao Punk Rock no Brasil(2025)

Chi Chi & Devo(2019)

Members of pioneering New Wave band Devo and golfing legend Chi Chi Rodríguez recall how their paths crossed when Devo used an image of Chi Chi for their debut album.

Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut(2008)

Buddhist monks open up about the joys and challenges of living out the precepts of the Buddha as a full-time vocation. Controversies swirling within modern monastic Buddhism are examined, from celibacy and the role of women to racism and concerns about the environment.

SLC Punk(1998)

Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives.

Dashboard Confessional: MTV Unplugged 2.0(2002)

Dashboard Confessional plays an intimate set at the MTV studios in New York 2002 during the peak of their fame.

Toxic Reasons: Live in Dayton, Ohio(2014)

Legendary Punk band reunites for their 20th Anniversary in their hometown, Dayton OH in 1999. This was released as a bonus DVD to the Essential Independence CD release in 2014.

High Landz

High up in the Northern California mountains there is a place, where not too many get to visit. Its called - The Emerald Triangle, real mecca of Americas cannabis game. Follow a ukrainian journalist Luka on a journey that explores lifes of real growers and hustlers and the dangers that come with it.

The Jam: 1977(2017)

2017 was the 40th Anniversary of the release of The Jam's first Polydor singles and LPs. This DVD features TV appearances and promo videos from those iconic LPs -- In The City and This is the Modern World.

Napalm - the sound of the industrial city(2013)

Directed by journalist Ricardo Alexandre, the documentary tells the story of the Napalm nightclub, responsible for the new wave and post-punk generation in Sao Paulo. Mixing live shows, cutting-edge DJing and videos in its "modern" internal television system, the venue quickly became a meeting point for young people who shaped the grayer side of Brazilian rock in the 80s.

I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk(2020)

Largely ignored and left to their own devices, a group of unassuming teenagers in late 80s and early 90s Sioux Falls, South Dakota created their own culture, community, and economy. And when they moved out into the world at large, they brought what they learned along with them. I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk is a story about the tenacity and ingenuity of youth, finding and following your convictions, and how the kids you least expect often make the most noise. Shot on location in eight cities and assembled from dozens of hours of archival video and hundreds of photos, the documentary features interviews with Larry Livermore (Lookout. Records), Ian MacKaye (Fugazi), Mike Park (Skankin' Pickle), Rebecca Hanten (Cadillac Blindside), Terry Taylor (Hammerlord), and dozens of current and former members of the Sioux Falls all ages music scene.

The Go-Betweens: Right Here(2017)

A chronological history of one of the most influential bands to come out of Australia, the Go-Betweens.

American Hardcore(2006)

Inspired by Steven Blush's book "American Hardcore: A tribal history" Paul Rachman's feature documentary debut is a chronicle of the underground hardcore punk years from 1979 to 1986. Interviews and rare live footage from artists such as Black Flag, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, SS Decontrol and the Dead Kennedys.

Chance, History, Art...(1980)

Anne Bean, John McKeon, Stuart Brisley, Rita Donagh, Jamie Reid and Jimmy Boyle are interviewed about their artistic practice and the legacy of Surrealism on their work.

What We Do Is Secret(2007)

The true-life story of Darby Crash, who became an L.A. punk icon with his band The Germs. Along with Lorna Doom, Pat Smear, and Don Bolles, Darby Crash completely transformed the L.A. punk scene, while sacrificing everyone he loved, his career, and ultimately his life.

Screamers ‎– Live In San Francisco: Sept 2nd 1978(2004)

Live in concert at the Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco + bonus material.

Guided By Voices: Live and Uncensored In Los Angeles(1996)

An unprecedented look at Guided By Voices live in 1996. The two hour set, including five encores, was captured using three cameras and edited during the show. Recorded live at the Whisky A Go Go on May 10, 1996.

Green Day: The Early Years(2017)

"Green Day: The Early Years" chronicles the rise of the world's most influential punk band, from their origins playing shows at Berkley's notorious Gilman Street venue in the late 80s, through the release of the platinum-selling Dookie in 1994.

160 meters: A Story Of Rock In Biscay(2014)

160 meters is the distance between the two banks of the estuary of Bilbao. An economic, social and cultural approach at two ways of looking at life.

Razing the Bar: A Documentary About the Funhouse(2014)

Razing the Bar documents the development and eventual demolition of a well-loved fringe punk rock Seattle venue through interviews of employees, friends, and a multitude of local musicians.

City of Splendour(2013)

A documentary about punk and subculture scene of Pula, Croatia from 1978 to 1991, the city that gave birth to one of the most vivid punk and alternative rock scenes in former Yugoslavia, despite having population of just over 60,000 residents.