We are Fugazi from Washington
O ver 20 years ago, on 4 November 2002, »Fugazi«, the influential post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C., spearhead of self-organised underground music from the mid-1980s and figurehead of the US straight-edge movement, performed live on stage for the last time (at The Forum in London). This film consists of fan-recorded performances and rare archive footage of Fugazi, compiled by Joe Gross, Joseph Pattisall and Jeff Krulik, as well as interviews with those who made the concert recordings as fans at the time. Explicitly billed as a nondocumentary (tHISiSNOTaFUGAZIdOCUMENTARY,) the film pays tribute to Fugazi’s prowess as a live act, for old fans to remember and for a new generation to discover what they missed. This unique archival assemblage celebrates the fans and their cameras, as much as the band itself — a collision/ collusion of the ephemeral moment on stage, and the moments captured on camera.
