closing night celebration - march 16th, 6:30 pm
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"The Clash Live: Revolution Rock," an electrifying new
performance documentary film compiling an extraordinary
range of peak live concert and live studio performances
and more from the Clash, the groundbreaking British
band who defined and expanded the power of punk-rock
in the 1970s, 1980s and beyond.
A production by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT's
Commercial Music Group, "The Clash Live:
Revolution Rock" follows the live transformation of the
band, incorporating footage from all phases of the Clash's
meteoric career, beginning with live-in-the-studio clips
from 1979, crescendoing with triumphant concerts from
clubland (London's The Music Machine, 1978) and theatres
(the Lyceum, 1978, 1980), climaxing with a transcendent
blow-out performance at New York's Shea Stadium
in 1982.
Formed in London during the first wave of punk-rock in
1976, the Clash, known by fans at the time as "The Only
Band That Matters," became the most progressive and
visionary rock band of its era, releasing five albums in six
years, each a brave step into uncharted territory. Joe
Strummer (guitar, vocals), Mick Jones (guitar, vocals),
Paul Simonon (bass) and Topper Headon (drums) embraced
the energy and confrontational attitude of punk.
Refusing the limitations of any musical genre, the Clash
incorporated elements of reggae, funk, dub, rap, hard
rock and roots rockabilly into a continually evolving and
challenging sound. Taking its name from the headlines of
the day, the Clash wrote songs addressing the issues of
class and race confronting the UK in the 1970s.
The Clash was induced into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
in January 2003, a month after the untimely passing of
Joe Strummer, age 50, in December 2002.
National Premier and Legacy Recordings Release of Deluxe
DVD Version of
"The Clash Live: Revolution Rock" in March 2008.
"THE CLASH LIVE: REVOLUTION ROCK"
A NEW DOCUMENTARY FILM CHRONICLING LIVE PERFORMANCES FROM
THE ICONIC PUNK PIONEERS AT THE PEAK OF THEIR POWERS
Tickets $25 / $20
Closing Party - (Festival Ticket required)
Sponsored by Tonic Restaurant (2036 G Street, NW - corner of 21st & G Streets)
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free events
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All Post film discussion located on the 2nd
Floor of the Jack Morton Auditorium, George
Washington University (see film guide for times.
Discussions to follow each film screening
March 7th - ADVOCACY DAY Location: Capitol
Hill Office Building, room TBA
Seminar: March 16th 4:15 pm SEMINAR Legal
Clinic – You have questions, our experts
have answers! Jack Morton Auditorium, George
Washington University. See page 16 for description.
Special Post-Film Discussions sponsored
by Humanities Council of Washington,
DC . Four film programs at the festival will
have special post-film panel discussions that
focus on the content and themes of the films .
- Politics of Film -- Friday, March 7th, 7 pm.
Panel moderator: Melani McAlister, George
Washington University.
- Chick Films - for films on women's issues --
Saturday, March 8th, at 7 at pm.
Panel moderator: Margaret Parsons, National
Gallery of Art.
- Cine Latino -- Sunday, March 9th, 7:00 pm.
Panel moderator: Lydia Bendersky Assael, Organization
of American States (OAS).
- The Black Experience -- Saturday, March
15th, at 4:00 pm.
Panel moderator: Andrew Millington, Howard
University.
The music festival will also have a free music session each day. Check the music festival page for the scheduke.
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opening night - march 6th
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alex cox - director
There is of course the comparison between Alex Cox and Orson Welles. Both are best known for their first features. The comparison pretty much ends there as Alex is quite slender.
Born outside Liverpool, England in 1954, Alex attended Worchester College, Oxford; Bristol University and UCLA. He wrote and directed REPO MAN in 1983. The film opened the following year at the Berlin Film Festival.
In 1985 Alex co-wrote and directed SID & NANCY. The film screened at the Cannes Film Festival. His first two features were both critical and commercial hits. In Hollywood, Alex was suddenly very hot and turned down quite a variety of other people's movies, preferring to go his own way.
That route led him to Almeria, Spain for the revisionist cult western STRAIGHT TO HELL, which he co-wrote and directed. The film received the Critic's Prize, awarded by Sergio Leone, at the Madrid Festival.
In 1987 during the Reagan Administration, he directed the staunchly anti-imperialist WALKER in Nicaragua in co-operation with the Sandinista Government. The film screened at the Havana Film Festival, the Torino Festival and in competition at Berlin. Universal Pictures had been persuaded to finance this film and after the rounds of recrimination stopped, Alex's LA sojourn was at an end. The film is currently being restored for DVD release by Criterion in 2008.
But Alex Cox has never stopped working and his new film SEARCHERS 2.0 is as fresh and provocative as his best work.
Tickets $25 / $20
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