D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist (2002)

Directed by

Michael W. Dean

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

55 min

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary interviews musicians, artists, and creatives about their choice to work outside the mainstream. It shows why people make art even when they aren't getting paid regularly.

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What happens

D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist is a low-budget documentary film released by Music Video Distributors in 2002. The film is a "celebration of the underdog" and deals with why artists do what they do, regardless of the lack of a continuous paycheck. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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