Synopsis
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk spans over 30 years of the California Bay Area’s punk music history with a central focus on the emergence of the inspiring 924 Gilman Street collective. This diverse group of artists, writers, organizers and musicians created a do-it-yourself petri dish that changed the punk scene... and the world at large.
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Cast
- Iggy PopSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Billie Joe ArmstrongSelf
- Miranda JulySelf
- Silas HowardSelf
- Jello BiafraSelf
- Kathleen HannaSelf
- Ian MacKayeSelf
- Fat MikeSelf
- Gary FloydSelf
- Tim ArmstrongSelf
Recommendations
- 80
Variety
Corbett Redford’s film channels and sustains the energy of restless youth while communicating the distinctive qualities of a community that carried collectivist 1960s ideals into a new generation, even as it rejected any vestige of their hippie parents’ music. - 63
Movie Nation
Director Corbett Redford — a longtime member of that scene, so don’t take his name at face value — tracked down generations of Bay Area punks and tells as complete a story of the music, ethos, lifestyle and politics of this movement as anyone could want. - 63
RogerEbert.com
You don’t have to be a Green Day fan to find this movie interesting, but you’ll definitely be more inherently invested in it if you are. - 60
The New York Times
While zine-style animated sequences and VHS taped interviews enliven the pace, the documentary is burdened by too much minutiae. Not every scar earned at a concert deserves to be immortalized in a documentary.
