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Dope, Hookers and Pavement: The Real and Imagined History of Detroit Hardcore

Mon, Jul 17
  • 7:00 pm Q&A

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)!

Mon, Jul 17 @ 7:00 pm: Post screening Q&A with director Otto Buj & Chris "Opie" Moore (Negative Approach), moderated by author Tony Rettman (Why Be Something That You're Not: Detroit Hardcore, N.Y.H.C.)

Director: Otto Buj Run Time: 113 min. Format: DCP Rating: NR Release Year: 2021

Dope, Hookers and Pavement is a lively and unfiltered account of the early days of the Detroit hardcore punk scene, circa 1981-82, in the notorious Cass Corridor, arguably one of the worst neighborhoods in the city at the time. Featuring over 70 in-depth interviews — including John Brannon (Negative Approach), Tesco Vee (Meatmen, Touch and Go), Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Dischord Records), pro skater Bill Danforth, scene kids, and members of the Necros, The Fix, Violent Apathy and Bored Youth — and never-before-seen Super8 footage of the Freezer Theatre, Dope, Hookers and Pavement is both hilarious and reflective, and an overdue record of a nearly invisible but magic little moment in the long history of Detroit rock’n’roll.

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