Jello Biafra
19 titles
Filmography
19 results

Records Collecting Dust
(2015)A documentary about alternative music icons Jello Biafra, Chuck Dukowski, Keith Morris and more as they recall their careers and vinyl inspirations.

Dead Kennedys: The Early Years Live
(1987)Revisit the seminal punk band’s social satire in concert footage through 1981 and a news story about Jello Biafra’s 1979 run for San Francisco mayor.

Freaks In Love
(2011)A look back at a quarter-century of underground punk through the lens of New York City psych-punk outfit Alice Donut from its mid-80's CBGB start.

Clockwork Orange County
(2012)A documentary about the Southern California punk pioneers in the late ‘70s, who found their only sanctuary at Cuckoo's Nest, a club in Costa Mesa.
The Color of Noise
(2014)The work of the artist Haze XXL and his record label.

Sound of the Surf
(2022)A look at surf music's history, from the original pioneers in 1960s California to those who revolutionized it, and the genre's impact on a generation.

American Drug War: The Last White Hope
(2007)With commentary from soldiers on both sides of the conflict, filmmaker Kevin Booth's incisive documentary wades into the murky waters of the American war on drugs, the longest and costliest war in U.S. history.

Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
(2018)Through an independent record store and label, Wax Trax!, two men take a tribe of outsiders and misfits on a ride through the 1980s underground. Despite internal chaos, Wax Trax! Records creates a new music genre that gains global recognition. As the label grows in reputation, a series of unfortunate events almost cause its influential history to be lost forever. A Coda Cornerstone Collection.

Death and Texas
(2004)Celebrity worship and the justice system get skewered in this satire about a sports star who is excused from death row to play in a championship game.

American Artifact: The Rise of American Rock Poster Art
(2009)American Artifact chronicles the rise of American rock poster art since it's birth in the'60s. Award-winning director, Merle Becker crosses the country interviewing the rock poster artists from the different eras to discover that America is currently in the midst of a 21st century "rock poster art movement".

Cover Your Ears
(2023)A look at how the censorship of music has shaped, not only how we view art and how it’s made but, who we are as consumers and free thinkers.

Retardead
(2008)An evil doctor tests his lethal intelligence serum on the unsuspecting patients at the Butte County Institute for Special Education.

The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead
(2015)The story of the long-ignored pioneers of punk: The Damned, the first U.K. punks on wax and the first to cross the Atlantic. Includes appearances by Chrissie Hynde, Mick Jones (The Clash), Lemmy and members of Pink Floyd, Black Flag, Depeche Mode, the Sex Pistols, Blondie, Buzzcocks, and more. Shot around the globe over three years, the film charts the band's complex history and infighting.

Plaster Caster
(2003)An artist-turned-groupie tells her incredible story with help from some of the famous rockers whose “members” she immortalized in plaster.

Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
(2017)Chronicles the rise of the East Bay’s influential punk scene and the Berkeley collective at its epicenter, where Green Day and Rancid cut their teeth.

The Colossus of Destiny: A Melvins Tale
(2016)This documentary traces the influential band’s roots, as well as how they have impacted the development of grunge and sludge metal.

An American in Texas
(2017)Facing a dead-end future, defiant punk-rockers play gigs, drop acid and break stuff as they try to escape life in small-town Texas.

2020: The Dumpster Fire
(2021)This documentary follows Antifa performance artist Rod Webber on his satirical political campaign during the 2020 US Presidential Election.

Jim Dandy to the Rescue: A Film by Joey Skidmore
(2018)This music documentary is the story of 70s Rock-n-Roll icon Jim "Dandy" Mangrum, who fronted the rowdy Southern Rock band Black Oak Arkansas.