Showing posts with label Sonic Youth: Sleeping Nights Awake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sonic Youth: Sleeping Nights Awake. Show all posts

Monday, June 23, 2008

AFF Presents... Sonic Youth: Sleeping Nights Awake


Take a behind the scenes look at one of the most influential indie bands of all time when a group of seven high school students set out to make a documentary on Sonic Youth!

As part of a non-profit called 'Project Moonshine', these teens were given cameras and a few days to be let loose and record a day in the life of Sonic Youth. The film is filled with behind-the-scenes interviews, original performances and the enveloping experience of a Sonic Youth concert from a new perspective. The result is a point of view that is authentically refreshing; a unique situation that allows the students to approach the band with an honesty and innocence that's hard to find in veteran documentary filmmakers."

We mentioned this previously as a part of the CineVegas line up and now the show is coming to Austin and sponsored by the Austin Film Festival. Even better the director Michael Albright will be in attendance answering questions after the screening.

AFF Presents...at the Alamo Lakecreek
"Sonic Youth: Sleeping Nights Awake"
http://www.drafthouse.com/lakecreek/shows.php?id=213
FREE for AFF Members, $4 Public

Friday, May 09, 2008

Sonic Youth: Sleeping Nights Awake


The 10th annual CineVegas film festival has announced it's line-up and one of the main films is a documentary on Sonic Youth, called "Sonic Youth: Sleeping Nights Awake." The festival takes place on June 12-21 in Las Vegas, NV at the Brenden Theaters inside the Palms Casino Resort.

Produced by non-profit filmmaking patrons Project Moonshine, the twist with this digital-video doc was that it was shot entirely by seven high school students and featuring interviews, backstage footage, and 10 songs that were filmed live in Reno, Nevada back on July 4, 2006. [via The Playlist]

Here's a trailer for the documentary:


Also showing is Alex Gibney’s GONZO: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, a probing look into the uncanny life of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.