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DEVO closes out the Tacoma Film Festival on Sunday October 13, with the band making a special virtual appearance for a Q&A with director Chris Smith after the film, followed by a TACOMA ALL-STAR DEVO karaoke session featuring members of Girl Trouble, @botch_band , Hammerbox, and more!Acclaimed filmmaker Chris Smith (Tiger King, American Movie, Wham!) captures the gloriously radical spirit that is DEVO – a rare band founded by a philosophy: a Dada experiment of high art meets low, hellbent on infiltrating American popular culture.
Through never-before-seen archival and interviews with Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Mothersbaugh, and Jerry Casale, Devo relishes in the highs, lows, surreal moments and incredible performances of a 50-year career, embracing the spectacle of the band from their lo-fi beginnings to pioneers of the music video in the early days of MTV’s cultural dominance.
Band members are open with their memories and archives, charting their origins as Kent State University arts students shaped by the activism of the late 1960s. Following the 1970 massacre on their campus, the band’s concept of cultural “De-Evolution” turned from satirical humor to urgent social commentary, and what began as subversive counterprogramming to KSU’s 1973 arts festival would go on to warn of, comment on, and reflect back the absurdism of the late 20th century. Finding mainstream success at the height of 1980s consumerism, Devo soundtracked the De-Evolution they’d long predicted – and influenced a 21st century they’d have never believed.
Our closing night film is sponsored by @guitarmaniacstacoma !
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Blue Mouse Theatre, 2611 N Proctor St, Tacoma, WA 98407-5225, United States,Tacoma, Washington
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