Last updated at 13:57, Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Grateful Lovers – Finding Punk on the Great Plains

The Film: Grateful Lovers is a one hour and 25 minute documentary film by Chris Jury, a native of North Dakota and member of punk band The Bismarck.

The focus of the film is the process by which young people from the plains growing up in the 80’s and early 90’s found their way to music which was, at the time, underground in even the biggest and most metropolitan places.   They share how they came into contact with punk rock music, the struggles of access, the process of making music of their own, and how it changed their lives. 

Production: Grateful Lovers is a ‘Zero Budget’ film.  Rather than spend time and resources traveling around the country to do interviews, most contributions were self-filmed.  This was accomplished by mailing small, inexpensive cameras back and forth, using webcams, or whatever means were at hand.  Editing was done with at Eric Fundingsland’s editing facilities during spare time between (and occasionally instead of) other jobs. 

Screenings:  A set of 3 North Dakota prescreenings of a 1 hour version of the film took place in August 2011.  The film premiered at the Redezvous Jewel Box Theatre in Seattle, and has since been shown in many venues, including Kitchen Sink in Chicago, and at the Dakota Digital Film Festival.

Content: Grateful Lovers has a few profane words here and there, but nothing you didn’t hear on the playground.

The DVD: The finished product is available as a package with a DVD of the complete film, a 19 track CD of the soundtrack (made up entirely of music made by people interviewed for the film), and a ‘zine created by Heather Jackson, collecting stories from people about their Midwest show-going experiences. 

Contact: Chris Jury:
Phone:425-263-8024
Email: christopherjury@yahoo.com
Trailer:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loHujYpYjdo

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First published at 13:52, Tuesday, 12 June 2012
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