CMJ 2011 -- Great Sound & Vision

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Parent Category: Film Festivals

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Published on Sunday, 30 September 2012 22:21

Written by Brad Balfour

For five nonstop days and nights, CMJ Music & Film Festival (October 18-22, 2011) features over 1,300 live performances in more than 80 of New York City's greatest nightclubs and theaters, including the Clearview Chelsea (260 West 23rd Street). 

But it is not only one of the world's most important platforms for the discovering new music, it also surveys and consolidates for viewing by consumers and industry insiders alike some of the year's best  music-related cutting-edge films. 

CMJ also presents over 70 informative panels with renowned speakers, an Entertainment Business Law Seminar and the much beloved College Day for college and non-commercial radio programmers. Your CMJ badge grants you access to shows, movie premieres, Q&As, meet and greets, mixers, parties and exclusive areas like the Exhibitors' Loft and Artist Lounge. 

Having a solid reputation for providing New York City audiences with the best in independent cinema, the 17th annual CMJ Film Festival 2011 is proud once again to announce its latest programming schedule, including the following features:

• Pearl Jam Twenty
  dir. Cameron Crowe
  Carved from over 1,200 hours of rare and never-before-seen footage, plus 24 hours of recently shot interview and live footage, Pearl Jam Twenty is the definitive portrait of Pearl Jam as told by award-winning director and music journalist Cameron Crowe.

• Broke 
  Following on-the-verge artist Will Gray through the recording and release of his debut album (featuring production by the Grammy-winning T Bone Burnett), Broke chronicles the stories of artists and executives searching for ways to thrive in today's music industry. The film digs beneath the clichés to reveal an industry struggling to find a new identity, and an artist who's simply trying to establish one.With appearances from John Legend, Kelly Clarkson, Isaac Slade of The Fray, Seth Godin and Buddy Miller. Q&A with Will Gray and Dan Beck follows the screening.

• Killing Bono
  Based on real events, Killing Bono tells the story of young Irish rocker Neil McCormick and his younger brother Ivan, who attempt to become rock stars, but can only look on as their school friends form U2...and become the biggest band in the world.Q&A with director Nick Hamm following screening, moderated by Kevin Polowy, Executive Editor of MTV's NextMovie.com

• FIX: The Ministry Movie
  Love him or hate him, Al Jourgensen and how he makes his music changed all the rules. Al, and all the guys he played with, paid the price and took no prisoners along the way. No MINISTRY = No NIN, no Korn, no Jane's Addiction. Don't believe it? Hear it directly from Trent Reznor, Jonathan Davis, Dave Navarro and many more.
  Q&A with director Doug Freel and MINISTRY's Paul Barker.

• We Are The Hartmans 
  Acomedy parable for our gentrified age. Set in a small town plagued by fast food chains and Big-Box-Mart, Hartmans rock club is the only local hangout left. When the owner (Richard Chamberlain) falls ill, his estranged family comes to town to sell the building and collect the money. What they don't expect is a full-scale neighborhood uprising by the eccentric musicians, drunks and drag queens that frequent the club. Features original music by Black Taxi, also performing at CMJ. Q&A with Blayne Ross, Laura Newman, Ben Curtis, Jennifer Restivo, and members of Black Taxi following screening. Moderated by Arin Crumley, Four Eyed Monsters, DIY Filmmaker.

• Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest 
  An insightful music doc about one of the most innovative and influential hip-hop bands of all time. The film takes viewers behind-the-scenes, chronicling the group's rise to fame while revealing the story behind the tension, which would erupt in the years to come. Q&A with director Michael Rapaport following screening.

• Freaks In Love 
  Following the 25-year career of the seminal psychedelic punk band Alice Donut: from humble beginnings to playing at CBGB, from signing to Alternative Tentacles to performing at Reading Festival and, ultimately, touring with Blind Melon. Throughout their ups and downs, the band has remained friends and created some of the underground's most compelling music. This is the story of many bands from the late '80s/ early '90s, when getting in a van and touring the country was all one could ask for; when free beer and pizza were a luxury. Q&A with Skizz Cyzyk, David Koslowski and members of Alice Donut following screening.

• Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life 
  Renowned comic book artist Joann Sfar's Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life is a completely original take on one of France's greatest mavericks - the illustrious and infamous singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg (Eric Elmosnino). Born Lucien Ginsburg to Russian-Jewish parents, Gainsbourg evolves from a precocious child in Nazi-occupied Paris, to a small-time jazz musician, and finally, an international pop superstar. Along the way, he romances many of the era's most beautiful women.

The Festival will also include three exquisite programs of short films - all at Clearview Chelsea Cinema:

• Captivus Blackstone
• The Double
• Tempo
• Quirk Of Fate
• The Wedding Gift (Snubni Prsten)
• Cartoons

CMJ Music & Film Festival
October 18-22, 2011

Clearview Chelsea
260 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10011