Letters from a Porcupine (1996)

Original title

Blind Melon: Letters from a Porcupine

Directed by

Steve MacCorkle

Genre

rockumentary

Country

United States of America

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

NR

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary uses home movies, music videos, and live footage to show the career of the band Blind Melon. Much of the material was filmed by the band's singer Shannon Hoon who brought his video recorder everywhere.

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What happens

Letters from a Porcupine is a 1996 documentary style film made up of footage from the musical career of the alternative rock band Blind Melon including music videos, interviews, live performances and home movie footage. Several pieces of footage were filmed by Shannon Hoon and his own video recorder which he was said to have brought everywhere. It also contains unreleased music by the band such as a song dubbed "no business". Letters from a Porcupine received a Grammy nomination in 1997 for Best Long Form Video. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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