The Cinematheque

In Person: Susanne Tabata

“A loving—and long overdue—look at one of the most fertile scenes in North American music history … What makes Bloodied but Unbowed more than ancient history is the legacy that Vancouver’s first-wave punks left. They laid the foundation for a Vancouver music scene that has since given the world the likes of the New Pornographers, Black Mountain, and Japandroids.”

Mike Usinger, Georgia Straight

D.O.A. Pointed Sticks. Young Canadians. Modernettes. Braineaters. Dishrags. Subhumans. It was anarchy in the U.K., the U.S., and B.C. in the late 1970s, as major punk-rock scenes exploded in London, New York, Los Angeles, and Vancouver. The local scene has even become a defining cultural moment in Vancouver’s sense of itself. Susanne Tabata’s fast-paced chronicle of those rebellious times is a treat, combining great archival footage, loads of music, and interviews with key participants.