Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone

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Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone

Released Oct 7, 2011

1h 47m

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With a blistering combination of punk and funk, Fishbone demolishes the walls of genres and challenges the racial stereotypes and political order of the music industry and the nation.

Critics Consensus

Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone is an entertaining, heartwarming, and balanced documentary about the influential Los Angeles band.

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Danielle Johnsen

indieWire

Narrated by Laurence Fishburne, its in-depth interviews with band members, friends and fellow musicians from the punk/ska scene of the late 1980's make it so you don't have to be a fan of Fishbone to be enthralled by their story.

Rated: A-

Dec 6, 2019

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Wesley Morris

Boston Globe

It's a hearty, thoughtful, smartly assembled, vaguely complete documentary about a rock band that, even by the standards of out-there musical acts, seemed out there both in the mid-1980s and even now.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 10, 2012

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

It's a movie about what it's like to almost make it in the music business, but not really, not quite. It's about coming close and watching it slip away.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 5, 2012

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Bill Arceneaux

Moviegoing with Bill

A typical documentary in some sense, about a group of rockers who were and still are very atypical in all senses. So comfortable about such chaos.

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 12, 2024

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Christopher Lloyd

The Film Yap

A documentary with some familiar shades, "Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone" is about what happens to band members after the music stops.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 23, 2022

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

While most of the world passed them by, Fishbone now lives on in celluloid form thanks to this spirited and admiring documentary.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 6, 2019

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Audience Member

A fantastic, authentic and critical look at a band that was FAR ahead of its time. One day, I suspect, there will be a Fishbone renaissance. Until then, I'll have to humorously agree with Angelo's mother (Dazireen Moore).

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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One of the BEST movie/docs made.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

One of my favorite bands of all time. One of the most underrated as well. This documentary shows the highs and lows, warts and all of the music industry. I'd recommend this to all Fishbone soldiers.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

One of the best bands of all time gets a fantastic documentaries.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

i haven't stopped thinking about this one for a few days.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

Originality is an under-appreciated commodity. Democracy among an ensemble of creative genius is a necessary component of the true mutual accommodation of its full potential. Originality is an accident that when allowed to flow into a controlled cooperative experiment can release immense creative power. Thwarted, it becomes habit & formulae for cliche & drudgery. Even at the price of deserved wealth & fame, true spontaneity must maintain an element of itself throughout.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Synopsis

With a blistering combination of punk and funk, Fishbone demolishes the walls of genres and challenges the racial stereotypes and political order of the music industry and the nation.

Director: Lev Anderson, Chris Metzler
Producer: Lev Anderson, Chris Metzler
Screenwriter: Lev Anderson, Chris Metzler
Distributor: Cinema Guild
Production Co: Pale Griot
Genre: Documentary, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 7, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2015
Runtime: 1h 47m

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