Documentations....

Life is an adventure of our own design intercepted by fate and a series of lucky and unlucky accidents...

Patti Smith appears in a black and white cinema screen with these words and haunts the audience. Steve Sebring followed Patti for the last ten years in her dream of life. She travels, re-visit her mentors, reads poetry, engages in conversations and she performs. The only thing I knew about Patti is that she is a rock icon and a poet. Watching the documentary made me realise how she influenced music but more importantly how she inspired people in her life. More than an icon she is real, genuine and an amazing human being that still has a child's soul. Watch the trailer.

Another documentary that we loved was also dedicated to music but this time it was a punk music explosion. Punks not dead is really the best documentation that I have seen about punk that refers equally to the UK punk scene and the American punk scene. The journey of punk starts in the late 70's and continues in the present time.Dynner Susan created a daring documentary that tells a tale about the forms of punk today, the commercial punk (pop-punk etc) and the underground punk scene. Famous punk bands state their diverse opinions on the past and present of punk. Some of the punk band members that appear are Subhumans, Stiff little fingers, UK Subs, G.B.H, Jello Biafra, Henry Rollins, Bad religion etc... Everyone left with a smile after viewing the documentary and we could not stop singing. Τhe image of Joey Ramone still haunts me...Watch the trailer of punks not dead.Punk is really not dead but keeps influencing the way music is performed today. Both documentations are really worth seeing regardless of your music taste.

There would be no world as we know it without music....

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