You Weren't There (2007)

Original title

You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977–1984

Directed by

Christina Tillman, Joe Losurdo

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h

Rated

NR

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary covers the early Chicago punk scene from 1977 to 1984. It looks at the bars, bands, and people who shaped that subculture.

archivalenergeticnostalgicrawdocumentary-stylefast-pacedundergroundhistoricalgritty

What happens

You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk, 1977–1984 is a 2007 documentary film about punk subculture in Chicago from 1977 through 1984. The film was written and directed by Joe Losurdo and Christina Tillman, and profiles the punk bars and local bands that gave rise to the city's punk rock scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Losurdo was the one-time bass player for the Chicago-based 1980s hardcore band, Life Sentence, although his group is not profiled in the movie. Reviewer Max Goldberg of the San Francisco Bay Guardian called the film "a thrillingly exhaustive survey of early Chicago punk." You Weren't There was released on DVD in 2009. A limited edition white vinyl LP of the soundtrack was also issued and came packaged with copies of the DVD. The film was released on Vimeo in 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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