Bad Brains: A Band in DC

Name: Bad Brains: A Band in DC
Genre: Biography
Rating: 70

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2012

1h 44m

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Bad Brains are an important and influential American band still working today. They melded punk and reggae into a style that has yet to be copied. Despite the troubles of an eccentric front man, they have stayed together for 30 years.

Ian Buckwalter

The Washingtonian

06/21/2012

6/10

The filmmakers get access to a treasure trove of archival footage from the band's early days, but the question of what's going on with H.R., their erratic singer, is the one area of the film that feels frustratingly incomplete.

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Erik Childress

eFilmCritic.com

03/08/2012

3/4

There is an impressive amount of archival material here, in line with Cameron Crowe's amazing Pearl Jam Twenty, and if a barely casual observer of the music scene can take interest, true hardcores will find a lot to love here.

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03/24/2013

Great doc about one of the great underrated American hardcore bands

12/22/2012

It's certainly made for fans so I enjoyed it thoroughly.

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Ben Logan

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Mandy Stein

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Tyler Hubby

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Mandy Stein

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Ben Logan

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Director: Ben Logan, Mandy Stein
Producer: Tyler Hubby, Mandy Stein
Genre: Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 27, 2016
Runtime: 1h 44m

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