Great weekend for music films in the East Village

I finally received some solid info on some great film showings tomorrow night in New York. The first listing especially is worth the effort to see. Three films (Blank Generation, Soul City, and Punking Out) will be shown as part of the ongoing Howl Festival. And Let Them Know: The Story of Youth Brigade & BYO Records will be shown tomorrow afternoon at Anthology Film Archives. And the timing works out so you can go see the Youth Brigade movie, grab some dinner, and then go see the other three. Nice! All info with trailers is below.

HOWL ! ARTS PROJECT 2009: FILM SERIES presents
Punk Rock, Forever !

Intro by Amos Poe and IVAN KRAL!

Saturday, September 19, 10:00 PM
All screenings are at the Millennium Film Workshop,
66 East 4th Street , NY NY 10003.
Programs are subject to change.
Advance Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/79930
Admission: $10 to benefit the HOWL! HELP FUND

Cash Only Tickets available at the door starting at 9PM

THE BLANK GENERATION, 1976, directed by Amos Poe and Ivan Kral. Cast: Patti Smith Group, Television, Ramones, The Heartbreakers, Talking Heads, Blondie, Harry Toledo, Marbles, Tuff Darts, Wayne County , Miamis , New York Dolls, The Shirts. B/W, sound. 55 min. 16mm print courtesy of Amos Poe.

“In 1976 Ivan Kral joined the Patti Smith Group and became friendly with underground filmmaker Amos Poe. Poe and Kral were both interested in the punk rock scenes that was just beginning to emerge in New York City at venues like CBGB and Max’s Kansas City , and they began bringing cameras to shows, shooting silent footage of bands who were beginning to develop potent reputations in the rock underground. Poe and Kral married their silent footage with live tapes or demo recordings of the bands (most of whom had yet to release a record) to create a deliberately rough audio-visual record of the burgeoning punk scene.” (Wikipedia)



SOUL CITY, 1979, directed by M. Henry Jones. Cast: The Fleshtones. Color, sound.202 min. 16mm print courtesy of the New York Film-Makers’ Cooperative.

“In Henry Jones' words, this film is intended to, ‘Visually counterpoint the music of a subculture.’ Punk rock group FLESHTONES perform the song "Soul City," as tiny black & white cut-out figures, (with hand-tinted flesh tones), against a flickering background of brilliant color. In SOUL CITY , Jones 'recycled' the same basic movements of his subjects by reconstructing totally new motions from the same severely limited amount of footage. This was done through alteration of perspective, and reversal of selected movements at varying intervals. The number of movements a subject can make, artificially created from a few basics, becomes almost limitless.” (Bikini Girl Magazine)



PUNKING OUT, 1979, directed by Maggie Carson, Juliusz Kossakowski, and Fredric A. Shore. Cast: Stiv Bators, Cheetah Chrome, Richard Hell, Hilly Kristal, Lydia Lunch, Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Helen Wheels. B/W, sound, 25 min. 16mm print courtesy of the Reserve Film and Video Collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, with the permission of Ric Shore, Managing Producer. Punking Out has been preserved with funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

“Documents the beginning of the punk rock movement in New York City at CBGB’s, a punk night club, and the lifestyle that revolves around this scene. Presents a sometimes shocking look at the at titudes and motivations behind the movement through interviews with outspoken club-goers and band members of the Ramones, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, and the Dead Boys.” (New York Public Library Catalogue)

Punking Out


And also but separately:



LET THEM KNOW: THE STORY OF YOUTH BRIGADE AND BYO RECORDS

ONE AND ONLY EXCLUSIVE SCREENING IN NYC!
TOMORROW 9/19 @ 4PM @ ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES

This documentary directed by Jeff Alulis looks at the last 25 years of Youth Brigade and BYO Records, with exclusive interviews (Ian MacKaye, Fat Mike, Bouncing Souls, 7 Seconds, and much more) and rare concert footage of the LA punk scene dating back to the 80s. The bands, the music, the scene, the riots, the harassment from the police - it's all here in this documentary!

Check out more information and a trailer here:
http://letthemknowthemovie. com/index.html

The documentary will be showing at Anthology Film Archive at 4pm on
Saturday, 9/19.

Tickets for the film are $7, however if you bring your ticket (or
proof of purchase) for the Europa show tickets are only $4!

LET THEM KNOW
Anthology FIlm Archives
32 2nd Avenue (Corner of 2nd Ave and 2nd St)
4-6pm
$7 / $4 with concert ticket

View the trailer right here.

Of course, later in the night, Youth Brigade will be rocking Club Europa in Brooklyn:
YOUTH BRIGADE
THE CASUALTIES
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS

@ Europa
98 Meserole Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222
Doors at 6pm / Show at 7pm