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The Sound On Screen Music Film Festival

The Sound On Screen Music Film Festival will be held from 31 July to 2 August, 2015, at the Labia Theatre, 68 Orange Street, Cape Town, and will feature the most exciting and diverse music-themed documentaries and movies from around the world, including: rock, R&B, gypsy punk, metal, glam and shock rock, electronic, experimental, grunge, local music, Afrikaans rock and live unplugged performance.
The Sound On Screen Music Film Festival

The 2015 festival includes:

  • Soaked In Bleach: An enthralling investigative documentary into the suspicious death of controversial Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain (plus live unplugged opener performances of his songs by local artists);
  • Non-Stop: A look at the rise of gypsy punk's Gogol Bordello (a week before they play SA at One night in Cape Town and the Oppikoppi Festival);
  • We Are Twisted F*cking Sister!: Twisted Sister's tough decade rise to stardom;
  • Vann 'Piano Man' Walls - The Spirit of R&B: The 65-year career of R&B pioneer Vann 'Piano Man' Walls;
  • Monsterman: The rise, fall and resurrection of Finland's Eurovision winner, Lordi;
  • Stone Cold Jane Austen: Home-grown music comedy starring Rob van Vuuren, Jon Savage and featuring many local acts;
  • Eccentric Eclectic: A far-out Canadian sound-and-music festival; and
  • Art's Not Dead: A look at a prolific local drummer retiring from music.

(Titles, schedule, screening times, trailer links and movie information at www.flamedrop.com/sos)

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