MUSIC DRIVEN
Mainstream or underground, MUSIC DRIVEN is all the about music and the people that make it. Nitehawkās MUSIC DRIVEN series combines the two powerful mediums of music and film with screenings of the latest music-focused features and bona fide classics. Travel back and forth across the dial with musicals, documentaries, and concert films on the big screen with big sound.
Reelabilities Film Festival: Heavy Healing
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!
Director: Howie Abrams Run Time: 98 min. Format: DCP Rating: NR Release Year: 2026
Music helps fans navigate disability and mental health
DocĀ“n Roll Festival presents: Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!
Wed, Apr 29 @ 7:00 pm: Followed by a Q&A with director Tom Stern, Gibby Haynes & Paul Leary, moderated by Creem Magazine's Fred PessaroThu, Apr 30 @ 7:00 pm: Followed by a Q&A with co-writer Simon Weinstein & Kramer (Butthole Surfers)
Director: Tom Stern Run Time: 106 min. Format: DCP Rating: NR Release Year: 2025
The story of one of the most radical and unpredictable paths in rock history
DocĀ“n Roll Festival presents: Before It Was Cool: The Brooklyn Beat at Lauterbach’s
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!
Tue, May 5 @ 7:00 pm: Followed by a Q&A with directors Michael West & Lia Komakhidze
Director: Lia Komakhidze, Michael West Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Rating: NR Release Year: 2026
Long before Brooklyn was synonymous with indie cool, a small dive bar became the heart of a musical revolution
DocĀ“n Roll Festival presents: Rockers Don’t Stop: The Revival of Rockers Revenge
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!
Wed, May 6 @ 7:00 pm: Followed by a Q&A with director Arthur Baker
Director: Arthur Baker Run Time: 76 min. Format: DCP Rating: NR Release Year: 2025
A comeback story with grit and groove
DocĀ“n Roll Festival presents: Sound of a Dream: Lee Burridge
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!
Thu, May 7 @ 7:00 pm: Followed by a Q&A with director Hoj Jomehri & Lee Burridge
Director: Hoj Jomehri Run Time: 77 min. Format: DCP Rating: NR Release Year: 2025
An intimate portrait of underground DJ Lee Burridge
