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In August 1991, Markey, SoCal zinester and director of Super-8 DIY classics The Slog Movie and Lovedolls Superstar, joined Sonic Youth on a two-week summer tour of European festival dates, along with their touted opening act, Nirvana, a Sub Pop three-piece from Aberdeen who a few months later would be the biggest band in the world. Featuring appearances by Dinosaur Jr., The Ramones, Babes in Toyland, Gumball, and members of Mudhoney, 1991: The Year That Punk Broke is a snapshot of a long-gestating underground culture at its before-the-fall moment, after which it would be fed into the mainstream and subjected to rampant corporate commodification. (Look out for timely in-joke references to Madonna: Truth or Dare, including Kurt Cobain being introduced as “Costner.”)

Q&A with Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley, moderated by writer Vikram Murthi, on Saturday, August 2nd

Distributor: We Got Power Films