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World Premiere!
In person: filmmakers Joseph Pattisall, Roger Gastman, Iley Brown, Caleb Neelon and narrator Henry Rollins (Feb 23 shows);
Joseph Pattisall and Roger Gastman (March 1 shows)
Discover the "other" Washington of the 1980s through the story of legendary graffiti artist Cool "Disco" Dan, a mysterious, ubiquitous presence during the height of go-go music, record crime rates and city-wide dysfunction. Few people knew every block of the city like Dan, and as intrigue about his identity grew, his illegal scrawl became a unifying force for a city on the verge of chaos. Narrated by DC native Henry Rollins and featuring interviews with "Mayor for Life" Marion Barry, civil rights activist Rev. Walter Fauntroy, punk rock historian and activist Mark Andersen and musicians Chuck Brown and Ian MacKaye, this documentary from filmmakers Joseph Pattisall and Roger Gastman (producer, EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP) tells a fascinating chapter of DC history.
DIR Joseph Pattisall; PROD Roger Gastman. US, 2012, color and b&w, 90 min. NOT RATED
Screening in conjunction with the Corcoran Gallery of Art's exhibition, "Pump Me Up: D.C. Subculture of the 1980s," opening February 23, the first exhibition to explore the thriving underground of Washington, DC, during the 1980s, giving visual form to the raucous energy of graffiti, go-go music and a world-renowned punk and hardcore scene. For more information, visit corcoran.org.
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