{"id":15384,"date":"2021-05-02T05:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T05:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=15384"},"modified":"2021-05-01T07:10:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T07:10:37","slug":"15384","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=15384","title":{"rendered":"Punk The Capital &#8211; A Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">A documentary tracing the birth of punk rock in Washington D.C. (1976-1983)<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15387 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"929\" height=\"745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed.jpg 929w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-768x616.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 929px) 100vw, 929px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">Featuring Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Void, Rites of Spring, and more, with interviews<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">from Henry Rollins, Ian MacKaye, H.R., Jello Biafra, Joe Keithley, and many others<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">Premiering exclusively in Theaters and on Virtual Cinema nationwide beginning May 14th<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">DVD \/ Blu-ray to be released for National Record Store Day on June 8th via Passion River<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Punk the Capital; Building a Sound Movement -Documentary TRAILER remastered- (D.C. punk \/ harDCore)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ooY0yt03bMo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"justify\">When punk rock erupted in Washington DC, it was a mighty convergence of powerful music, friendships, and clear minds. This film is the first to explore the incredible challenges that this subculture faced when it took root in the Nation\u2019s Capital in the late 1970\u2019s.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15386 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-14-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-14-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-14-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-14-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-14-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-14.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Punk the Capital\u00a0situates DC punk within the larger narratives of rock n&#8217; roll, working as a powerful multi-layered story for both fans and non-fans of punk rock. Featuring musicians such as Bad Brains, Henry Rollins, Ian MacKaye, and Jello Biafra, this film dives deep into the ideas and sounds from this transformative music scene which continues to be influential culturally and politically around the world.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Created by James June Schneider (Co-Director, Editor), Paul Bishow (Co-Director), and Sam Lavine (Associate Producer, Co-Editor),\u00a0Punk the Capital\u00a0is\u00a0Punk the Capital\u00a0has been on the road since its World Premiere weekend in Washington D.C. held simultaneously at the American Film Institute and the Hirshhorn Museum (Sound Scene festival).\u00a0The filmmakers took the film around the USA and Europe to festivals, cinematheques, cinemas, galleries and community spaces. It has been selected for festivals including In-Edit (Barcelona and Brazil) BAFICI, Leeds International Film Festival, and Sound Unseen.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Each screening has been an event, with at least one of the filmmakers present and for the majority of dates, there has been a special guest (Henry Rollins, Ian MacKaye, Cynthia Connolly, HR of Bad Brains and many others.) The goal of the team was to reach 100 consecutive in-person events. They made it to 50 before the pandemic began.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-15385 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-13-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-13-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-13-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-13-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-13-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-13.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Schneider\u00a0states:<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">&#8220;We were touring the film like a band would until the pandemic hit. Now as things open back up, we&#8217;re glad to kick off the theatrical release for a variety of reasons. Some of the cinemas where Punk the Capital will be showing, I screened my films back in 1997 when filmmaker Martha Colburn and I hit the road together. I&#8217;ve been thinking about them as we piece this together. Before we release the film on DVD\/Blu-ray we wanted to undertake a big push with a theatrical release, part virtual, part in person, that I hope will do its part in getting some of these struggling indie cinemas some much-needed support. And we also are looking forward to sharing the film in these times since it&#8217;s an optimistic film essentially about building something new and constructive despite the odds.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15388 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-15-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-15-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-15-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-15-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-15-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-15.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The final version of our film that we&#8217;re releasing now is just the intense tip of the iceberg &#8211; our first cut was 7 hours long. In the end, we wound up focusing on the untold and improbable story of punk rock&#8217;s beginnings in Washington DC, that happened concurrently\u00a0with cities across the western world.\u00a0We took a lot of our extra material that otherwise might never have been seen and edited it together to make short films that will be in the bonus section on the DVD (and Blu-ray). One of the shorts focuses on the band Scream and their family connections to DC&#8217;s 1960&#8217;s legendary garage band scene.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div>As we roll the film out, we&#8217;ve been blown away by the positive response not just from fans of punk and DC punk who see and hear a lot of unseen material.\u00a0We&#8217;ve also heard from a lot of people even up to 90 years old who don&#8217;t really\u00a0like punk but who nonetheless love the film.\u00a0We&#8217;re glad to see that Punk the Capital works on a lot of levels and are hoping that it will reach a broad audience since the DIY ideas highlighted in the film about the DC punk scene go well beyond the music.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement A documentary tracing the birth of punk rock in Washington D.C. 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