We Were There To Be There

all posters
? %
Short / Documentary
USA, 2021, 25 min

Directed by:

Mike Plante, Jason Willis
(more professions)

Plots(1)

Taking place as cuts to crucial social services loom under Ronald Reagan, two legendary punk bands come together to perform a show for patients and staff at a psychiatric facility. Captured on tape by seminal video art collective Target Video, “We Were There Be There” threads moments from the Napa State Hospital set with commentary from band members and those who witnessed it firsthand, providing a crucial backstory for the recording of one of the most iconic shows in the history of music, at a critical moment in the future of mental health care in the US. (Guanajuato International Film Festival)

(more)