Don't Knock The Rock Film Festival - 'Sean Delear Superstar' / Desolation Center

“Sean DeLear Superstar,” 2018, Dir. Stuart Swezey, 8 Min, USA

“Sean DeLear Superstar: A Conversation with Seandy,” was originally intended to be an interview portion of filmmaker Stuart Swezey’s DESOLATION CENTER, but the result, highly engaging and informative on its own, was kept as a separate tribute to artist Sean DeLear.

FORMAT: DCP

DESOLATION CENTER, 2018, Dir. Stuart Swezey, 93 Min, USA

The untold story of a series of Reagan-era guerrilla punk and industrial desert happenings in Southern California that are now recognized as the inspiration for Burning Man, Lollapalooza, and Coachella. Interviews and rare performance footage of Sonic Youth, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Redd Kross, Einstürzende Neubauten, Survival Research Laboratories, Savage Republic, Swans and more.

FORMAT: DCP

Cost: $8.00 (member); $13.00 (general admission)