D.I.Y. OR DIE: HOW TO SURVIVE AS AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST
This film is a celebration of the underdog!
FEATURING
interviews with:
Lydia Lunch,
Ian MacKaye (Fugazi), J Mascis (Dinosaur jr.), Jim Rose (Jim Rose
Sideshow), J.G.Thirlwell (Foetus), Mike Watt (Minutemen), Richard Kern (Filmmaker),
Ron Asheton (Stooges), Madigan Shive (Bonfire Madigan), Dave Brockie (Gwar) and
more.
articles
about this film
Shot
in San Francisco, Washington D.C., New York, and Los Angeles.
A
documentary by MICHAEL W. DEAN
501(c)(3)
fiscally sponsored through San Francisco's Intersection
for the Arts
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articles
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updated
credits for everyone involved
info on the
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OVERVIEW:
A
60-minute film on the motivations and modes
of
independent
American artists in different genres and mediums
Miles
Montalbano (filmmaker Love and the Monster) is curently editing Michael
W. Dean's documentary called D.I.Y. OR DIE: HOW TO SURVIVE AS AN INDEPENDENT
ARTIST, on the subject of the D.I.Y. (Do-It-Yourself) movement in art
production and distribution.
The
film features interviews with: (alphabetical order)
Beth
Lisick (performer/poet)
Courtney
J. Ulrich (sculptor)
ck0 (open-source computer programmer)
Craig
Newmark (founder Craig's List)
Cynthia
Connolly (Photographer/ Dischord Records)
Dana
Schechter (graphic artist/musician Bee and Flower)
Dave
Brockie (singer in Gwar/filmmaker/novelist)
David
Wellbeloved (DJ, Musician, and Critic) Washington, DC
Eric
McFadden (songwriter/singer/entertainer)
Ian
MacKaye (label owner/musician/Fugazi)
J
Mascis (musician Dinosaur jr.)
Jim
Rose (director/Jim Rose Sideshow)
J.G.
Thirlwell (musician Foetus)
John
John Jesse (Demonica Erotica Artist)
Keith
Knight (cartoonist Fear of a Black Marker)
Killian
MacGeraghty (musician Gun and Doll Show)
Liza
Matlack (dancer/choreographer)
Little
Mike Martzke (Promoter/Roadie) San Francisco
Lydia
Lunch (photographer, actor, writer, musician) Los Angeles
Lynn Breedlove
(writer/musician Tribe 8) San Francisco
Madigan
Shive (cellist, Bonfire Madigan)
Maggie
McEleney (painter/graphic artist)
Mark Enger (painter/installation artist)
Matt
Enger (painter/installation artist)
Mike Boner (musician)
Mike
Watt (musician Black Gang/Firehose/Minutemen)
Richard
Kern (filmmaker/photographer) New York City
Ron Asheton (musician The Stooges)
Simon Clifton (painter/actor/musician)
Stephen Elliott (writer/activist)
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The
filmmaker is over $10,000 in the hole out of his own pocket.