Sound Unseen Film Festival

25th Sound Unseen Film Festival Thursday, November 14 at 7:30pm ABOUT THE FILM This Sundance award winner explores a moment when jazz, colonialism, and espionage collided, constructing a riveting historical rollercoaster that illuminates the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba. United Nations, 1961: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, […]

25th Sound Unseen Film Festival Friday, November 15 at 7:00pm Featuring a post screening Q&A with Director Ilya Chaiken and Lunachicks singer Theo Kogan. ABOUT THE FILM The Lunachicks, N.Y.C.’s most legendary group of ’90s punk rock heroines, reflect on their hilarious crusade for equality, and are propelled towards a triumphant 20-year reunion. 30 years […]

25th Sound Unseen Film Festival Friday, November 15 at 9:30pm Featuring a post screening Q&A with producers Chris Strouth and Rick Fuller ABOUT THE FILM In September of 1979, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis hosted the first ever “New-No-Now-Wave Festival”, featuring music by The Fleshtones, The Suicide Commanders, The Monochrome Set, Tuxedomoon, The Suburbs, […]

25th Sound Unseen Film Festival Saturday, November 16 at 12:00pm Filmmakers will be present for a post screening Q&A. For more information go to www.soundunseen.com A collection of documentary short films and music videos that span the globe from right here in Minneapolis to China and everywhere in between. ABOUT THE FILMS TR(ol) – In […]

25th Sound Unseen Film Festival Saturday, November 16 at 2:45pm Filmmakers will be present for a post screening Q&A. For more information go to www.soundunseen.com John Denver meets Dion, Butch Vig admires David Lynch’s furniture, an aging rocker spends one last night on the town, and lots more in this year’s narrative shorts program. Plus […]

25th Sound Unseen Film Festival Saturday, November 16 at 5:30pm Featuring a post screening Q&A with Paper Lantern Project and Van Nguyen & director Elizabeth Ai. ABOUT THE FILM Mile-high hair. Synthesized sounds. Teenage rebellion. Elizabeth Ai was on a mission to excavate an untold story of rebellious punks in the chaotic world of 80s […]

25th Sound Unseen Film Festival Saturday, November 16 at 8:15pm Editor & Producer Robert Greene will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A. ABOUT THE FILM An examination of the iconic 1990s indie band Pavement appears to be just another music documentary—until it isn’t. A prismatic hybrid of narrative, scripted, documentary, musical, and metatextual forms, […]

25th Sound Unseen Film Festival Sunday, November 17 at 12:15pm ABOUT THE FILM Steppenwolf is one of the most iconic and enigmatic bands in the history of rock music. On the edge of mainstream and the psychedelic underground, their song “Born to Be Wild” opened the cult movie “Easy Rider” and became an anthem for […]

25th Sound Unseen Film Festival Sunday, November 17 at 2:30pm ABOUT THE FILMS Takin’ Care of Business – From a young age, Canadian Randy Bachman dreamed of becoming a famous rock star. His aspirations took off when he invested in a 1957 Gretsch 6120 guitar, which seemed to have a magical quality that inspired him […]

25th Sound Unseen Film Festival Sunday, November 17 at 4:30pm Director John Makens will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A ABOUT THE FILM Embark on the epic ride of Jim Phillips, the genius behind skateboarding and rock culture’s electrifying art. This documentary explores Phillips’ unyielding commitment to his craft, embodying a testament to resilience […]

25th Sound Unseen Film Festival Sunday, November 17 at 7pm ABOUT THE FILMS A Desert – A past his prime photographer heads out on a road trip across the American Southwest to recapture the magic and success of his previous work. Instead, he finds himself thrust into the dark and chaotic underbelly of America and […]