James Chance Movies
- 2017
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
Basquiat: Rage to Riches5.92017HD
This film tells Jean-Michel's story through exclusive interviews with his two sisters Lisane and Jeanine, who have never before agreed to be...
- 2019
Other Music
Other Music6.72019HD
A documentary highlighting the 20 year history of influential indie record store Other Music in Manhattan's East Village.
- 2011
Blank City
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In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come from comfort, and it was precisely those dire...
- 2023
Taking the City By Storm: The Birth of Milwaukee's Punk Scene
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Taking the City By Storm: The Birth of Milwaukee's Punk Scene is a documentary focusing on the progression of Milwaukee's Protopunk, Punk, New Wave,...
- 1978
Rome '78
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Nares mocks up Ancient Rome by shooting in faux-classical sites like Grant's Tomb and Tribeca's American Thread Building, where a decrepit penthouse...
- 2009
X Magazine Benefit
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Documents performances of DNA, James Chance and the Contortions, and Boris Policeband in NYC at a benefit concert for X Motion Picture Magazine and...
- 1979
Alien Portrait
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Filmed at CBGB’s, New York City at a Teenage Jesus & The Jerks concert on January 13th, 1978. The film shows the band members’ heads in...
- 1970
Contortions
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Distorted video footage of James Chance & the Contortions, live in NYC.