MJ05970935
EVERYDAY SUNSHINE: THE STORY OF FISHBONE
Directed by Lev Anderson and Chris Metzler

From the shifting faultlines of Hollywood fantasies and the economic and racial tensions of Reagan's America, Fishbone rose to become one of the most original bands of the last 25 years. With a blistering combination of punk and funk they demolished the walls of genre and challenged the racial stereotypes and political order of the music industry and the nation. Telling it like it is, the iconic Laurence Fishburne narrates EVERYDAY SUNSHINE, a story about music, history, fear, courage and funking on the one.

At the heart of the film's story is lead singer Angelo Moore and bassist Norwood Fisher who show how they keep the band rolling out of pride, desperation and love for their art. To overcome money woes, family strife, and the strain of being aging Punk rockers on the road, Norwood and Angelo are challenged to re-invent themselves in the face of dysfunction and ghosts from a painful past.

Featuring interviews with Flea, Gwen Stefani, Ice-T, Perry Farrell, Branford Marsalis, George Clinton, Tim Robbins, Gogol Bordello, ?uestlove, and others, EVERYDAY SUNSHINE traces the band's history, influence, and struggle as individualistic, genre-blending artists up against an unforgiving music industry that threatens to pass them by.

Reviews
~ "Fascinating бн The film is a parable about racial and musical politics in the record industry and a slice of social history that gazes back at a scene often overlooked in waves of '80s and '90s nostalgia ". - The New York Times

"Many bands have a might-have-been story, but few have a story that reflects such rich and paradoxical ideas." - The New Yorker

~ "Recommended for fans of the genre and students of popular music's byways". - Library Journal
DVD
107 minutes
2011
 
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