Afro-Punk Begins At BAM

– BAM‘s Afro-Punk Festival runs June 28- July 5 and features the Sun-Ra film, “Space Is The Place,” D.A. Pennebaker‘s “Jimi Plays Monterey,” Cinqué Lee‘s (Spike Lee’s brother) “UR4 Given,” the Assata Shakur Black Panther documentary, “Eyes of the Rainbow,” Samuel Fuller’s controversial and raciaslist, career-killing “White Dog,” “Bad Brain Shorts” and “A Conversation With Basquiat” – Directed by Tamra Davis (Mike-D’s wife and the director of “Billy Madison”) the film has been unseen for years and features some of the only known video of Basquiat working.

“We’re providing an opportunity for alternative black programming and thinking,” said James Spooner the director of the titular 2003 doc “Afro-Punk.”

Download: Bad Brains “Pay To Cum”
Download: Bad Brains “Soul Craft”
Download: Building Better Bombs – “Winter 01”
Download: McRad – “Hesitation”
Download: The Jai Alal Savant – “Scarlett Johansen Why Don’t You Love Me”
Download: The Carps – “Drone 2”