Where: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Event Date: September 28, 2013
Event Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St., San Francisco
For more details: http://www.ybca.org/back-in-the-day
The Legend of Cool “Disco” Dan
Sep 28, 2013 7:30pm
by Joseph Pattisall & Roger Gastman
Roger Gastman in person
Discover the “other” Washington, D.C. of the 1980s through the story of legendary graffiti artist Cool “Disco” Dan, a mysterious, ubiquitous presence during the height of go-go music and record crime rates. Few people knew every block of the city like Dan, and his illegal scrawl became a unifying force for a city on the verge of chaos. Narrated by D.C. native Henry Rollins, the film features interviews with “Mayor for Life” Marion Barry, historian and activist Mark Andersen, musicians Chuck Brown and Ian MacKaye, and more. Filmmakers Joseph Pattisall and Roger Gastman (producer, Exit Through the Gift Shop) illuminate a fascinating chapter of American history, when hip hop and hardcore converged in an atmosphere of total urban collapse. (2012, 90 min, digital)
For more information: http://www.ybca.org/back-in-the-day
Price: Regular: $10 / YBCA Member, Student, Senior, Teacher: $8 / YBCA:You FREE
Location: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St., San Francisco, near Powell and Montgomery BART stations