Equal parts electrifying rockumentary and epic family chronicle, the story of the pioneering 1970s punk band Death is one of brotherly love and fierce, divinely inspired expression.
Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was Death. Formed in the early 1970s by three teenage brothers from Detroit, Death is credited as being the first black punk band, and the Hackney brothers, David, Bobby, and Dannis, are now considered pioneers in their field. But it wasn’t until recently — when a dusty 1974 demo tape made its way out of Bobby’s attic nearly thirty years after Death’s heyday — that anyone outside a small group of punk enthusiasts had even heard of them. Equal parts electrifying rockumentary and epic family chronicle, the story of Death is one of brotherly love and fierce, divinely inspired expression.
Jeff Howlett and Mark Covino
Jeff Howlett and Mark Covino both attended film school in Burlington, Vermont and met around 2007 at a local music video shoot. Howlett began his career as a musician in the bands Five Seconds Expired and Non Compos. After getting behind the camera to direct music videos he met fellow filmmaker Mark Covino, has been working on documentaries for PBS, a pilot produced for ESPN2 and the Black Panther documentary, "What We Want, What We Believe.". Jeff approached him with an idea for a documentary, and thus "A Band Called Death" was born.
Dir.: Jeff Howlett, Mark Covino
Prod.: Matthew Perniciaro, Scott Mosier, Kevin Mann, Jerry Ferrara
Scr.: Jeff Howlett, Mark Covino
Phot.: Mark Christopher Covino
Ed.: Rich Fox
Music: Tim Boland, Sam Retzer
Distributor: MonoDuo
93 mins
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