M80
2005, NR, 80 min.
Directed by Chris Strouth, Rick Fuller.
A concert film of New Wave in its infancy documents the September 1979 New-No-Now-Wave Festival in Minneapolis. Acts include the Fleshtones, Judy Nylon, James Chance and the Contortions, Devo (performing under the name Dove), and much more. The black-and-white footage was lost for years and only recently restored.
This article appears in April 15 • 2005.
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