B-MOVIE LUST + SOUND IN WEST-BERLIN 1979-89 SYDNEY PREMIERE From Post-punk to Love Parade, featuring Joy Division, Gudrun Gut, Blixa Bargeld, Nick Cave, Einstürzende Neubauten, Malaria!, Cristiane F, DJ Wesbam and more. In the 80s Berlin was like a B-Movie, ugly and poor, but wild, creative, and incredibly sexy. To the thousands of people who … B-MOVIE
DOMINGUINHOS Australian Premiere The life and music of legendary Brazilian maestro José Domingos de Morais, or Dominguinhos, as he was known. Features Gilberto Gil, João Donato, Djavan, Hermeto Pascoal, Orquestra Jazz Sinfônica, Gal Costa + many others. “It’s a universal story, about life and death, love and pain, the struggle for food, the life of … DOMINGUINHOS
THEORY OF OBSCURITY A Film About The RESIDENTS Following its world premiere at SXSW this year, Groovescooter is thrilled to finally announce the Sydney premiere of Don Hardy‘s documentary Theory Of Obscurity about one of the most intriguing musical acts/arts collectives of the last six decades, THE RESIDENTS for the Sydney Underground Film Festival (SUFF). … THEORY OF OBSCURITY
NORTHERN SOUL Soundtrack Special Offer Vinyl + CD Boxsets To celebrate the premiere of the Northern Soul film in Australia, we’ve gotten together with the good folks at Music Direct who are offering locals an exclusive deal on the soundtrack, including the beautiful 14 x 7″ vinyl boxset version which comes with a 60-page hardback … Nothern Soul
NEW Groovescooter edits Free Downloads Groovescooter do loads of re-edits each year, but mainly make them for our own DJ sets and so few of them are publically available. Thanks to our friends from That’s Not An Edit – a series of all-Aussie digital compiles – a couple of our recent edits have gone out … Groovescooter Edits
NORTHERN SOUL Australian Premieres Film + Q&A + After-Party We’ve been working on premiering this film here in Australia for many, many months and are thrilled to finally announce some cinema screenings including the Australian launch in Sydney in April, followed by the Melbourne premiere in May. in association with Entertainment One. Set in 1974, … Northern Soul
CHARLES BRADLEY: SOUL OF AMERICA Did you miss this the first time, when it screened just once in Sydney on an island in the middle of the harbour? Well with Charles Bradley himself returning to our shores in April to play Bluesfest and also Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on April 2nd with Alabama Shakes, we thought … Charles Bradley
STORIES OF OUR LIVES Exquisitely shot and with a music score by Jim Chuchu of the Nairobi-based Nest Collective, Stories Of Our Lives compiles hundreds of as-yet-untold narratives from those in Kenya identifying as LGBTIQ, into one stunning and confronting cinematic experience. It’s a harsh environment, often sad and involving struggle, but one where there … Stories Of Our Lives
OUT IN THE NIGHT Director/producer blair dorosh-walther’s multi award-winning documentary, OUT IN THE NIGHT tells the story of women facing the full-force of male violence and a media and legal system steeped in racism, homophobia and misogyny. Four of these late-teen/early twenties friends out in New York one night, went on to become known as … Out In The Night
PAULINE PANTSDOWN/SIMON HUNT In Conversation 2SER and Groovescooter‘s live interview series, In Conversation returns for 2015 with a double-header for Mardi Gras. When Simon Hunt unleashed his drag-dissident persona Pauline Pantsdown in 1997, few could have predicted Pantsdown would outlast her political prototype from Ipswich. A decade and a half later, Pantsdown is still motivating … Pauline Pantsdown
PAUL MAC & JONNY SEYMOUR In Conversation 2SER and Groovescooter‘s live interview series, In Conversation returns for 2015 with a double-header for Mardi Gras. Long-time friends and music mavericks Paul Mac + Jonny Seymour have worked with everyone from LCD Soundsystem, Kylie Minogue, George Michael and Sia, to the Bangarra Dance Company and fashion designer … Paul Mac & Jonny Seymour
NAS: TIME IS ILLMATIC The Journey. The Music. The Legacy… The Film. The Sydney premiere of One9 + Erik Parker‘s 2014 feature-length documentary film that delves deep into the making of Nas‘ 1994 debut album, Illmatic, and the social conditions that influenced its creation. Twenty years after its release, Illmatic has become a hip-hop benchmark … NAS: Time Is Illmatic
BEAT STREET 30TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING + BREAKDANCE COMP Set in New York, and featuring everyone from Grandmaster Melle Mel, Kool Herc and Afrika Bambaataa through to the Rock Steady Crew, this seminal hip hop drama stars a young Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis + Saundra Santiago and was produced by Harry Belafonte. Arthur Baker headed … Beat Street
STOP MAKING SENSE: TALKING HEADS 30TH ANNIVERSARY SYDNEY SCREENINGS Arguably the greatest concert film ever made marks its 30th Anniversary in 2014. This beautifully restored version of award-winning director Jonathan Demme‘s film captures the big-suited David Byrne and his jerky art-rock group Talking Heads at the height of their prowess in a visually-inventive setting … Stop Making Sense
CAPSIS In Conversation 2SER and Groovescooter‘s live interview series, In Conversation returns to the Sydney Fringe Festival for 2014 with the inimitable Paul Capsis. From unforgettable roles in iconic, game-changing films like Head On, recent TV appearances in Carlotta and countless theatre productions, through to blistering cabaret tributes to the leading of lights of glam, … Paul Capsis
