Black Punk Weekend
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Every day, through March 31
Northwest Film Forum
Capitol Hill (Seattle)
This is an in-person event
$7 - $100
X-Ray Spex frontwoman Poly Styrene once sang, "Oh bondage, up yours!"—that is the ethos of the Northwest Film Forum's Black Punk Weekend. The three-day festival takes inspiration from James Spooner's 2003 documentary film, AFROPUNK, and subsequent book, Black Punk Now, which explores the lives of Black punks within an overwhelmingly white subculture. The festival program will celebrate the groundbreaking, boundary-pushing art, music, writing, and more created by Black punks with a screening of Spooner's film (followed by a conversation with the director), live music from the Black Ends and Brontez Purnell, an award ceremony honoring Kimya Dawson, and more.
by Audrey Vann
Series passes (with or without Sunday brunch), and individual tickets for each event at Black Punk Weekend are all available!
BLACK PUNK WEEKEND FULL PASS:
$100
Includes access to all film screenings, opening night bands at Black & Tan Hall, and brunch at Black & Tan Hall
BLACK PUNK WEEKEND PART-TIME PASS:
$75
Includes access to all film screenings and all bands at Black & Tan Hall
JUST BRUNCH:
$25 General
JUST BANDS:
$10 General
Tickets to INDIVIDUAL FILMS at Northwest Film Forum:
$14 General
$10 Student/Senior
$7 NWFF Members
FRIDAY, MARCH 29
- Afro-Punk at Northwest Film Forum, followed by a talk with James Spooner
- After the show, James will head to Black & Tan Hall to sign and sell copies of Afro-Punk on DVD, as well as his coming of age novel The High Desert, and Black Punk Now, a new collection of essays and histories of Black punk culture
- Live punk showcase at Black & Tan Hall featuring Black Ends and Brontez Purnell!
SATURDAY, MARCH 30
- Four more impactful Black punk films at the Forum, curated by James
SUNDAY, MARCH 31
- Black & Tan Hall will host the Black Punk Brunch, where we’ll raise a glass and present an award to the Northwest’s Black punk favorite, Kimya Dawson! Conversation with Kimya to follow the ceremony. Spooner will also be signing and selling books at the Hall during Brunch
- Two final films back at the Forum after Brunch
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