D.O.A.: A Right of Passage
Leaving January 31
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1h 32m
Directed by Lech Kowalski • 1980 • United States
A groundbreaking documentary about the origins of punk rock, D.O.A.: A RIGHT OF PASSAGE is centered around the Sex Pistols’s 1978 tour of the United States, which ended with the group breaking up. Following the band with handheld cameras through the clubs and bars of their seven-city U.S. tour, director Lech Kowalski combined the footage with records of other contemporary bands, fashion trends, and punks of all stripes for a grainy, stained portrait of the punk movement at its peak (including the now-famous footage of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen in bed). Featuring rare interviews and concert performances by the Sex Pistols, the Dead Boys, Generation X (with Billy Idol), The Rich Kids, X-Ray Spex, and Sham 69, along with additional music from the Clash and Iggy Pop, D.O.A. is a you-are-there snapshot of a singular cultural moment.
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