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This week's edition of Latin Beat gets right to the point, as Eric Ortiz Garcia reports on music doc A Band Called Death opening in Mexico -- I agree, it's a sharply-made documentary, worth seeking out -- and Jaime Grijalba...

The first African American punk band? You better believe it, and their story is as intriguing and engaging as you would expect.Here is our review of the film.Here's the synopsis:Before the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was a...

In the early 1970s, three teenage African American brothers, David, Bobby, and Dannis Hackney, formed a band called Death and played "hard-drivin' rock & roll" -- really, a precursor to punk rock, pre-dating pioneering black punk band Bad Brains by...

We're one month into Hollywood's summer blockbuster season and brave distributors continue to lob independent firecrackers into theatres. Some of the titles I picked last month are now in the process of expanding throughout the U.S., but what's on the...

This year's SXSW had an amazing wealth of fantastic documentaries, three of which (Unhung Hero, I Am Divine, and Rewind This!) I reviewed back in March. One that I didn't review but managed to catch on my last day in...

"One of the best music documentaries to come out in years" will hit theaters and the VOD circuit this summer, courtesy of Drafthouse Films, the film distribution arm of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. The quote above is from our own...

In the early 1970s, three teenage African American brothers--David, Bobby, and Dannis Hackney--formed a band called Death and played "hard-drivin' rock & roll"--really, a precursor to punk rock, pre-dating pioneering black punk band Bad Brains by about five years--across their...

A BAND CALLED DEATH is the story of an all-black proto-punk band from Detroit who waited over thirty years to get their due. Active in the early 70s, Death--teenage brothers David, Dannis, and Bobby Hackney--were largely ignored and their only...