A photographer's road trip takes a dark turn when he befriends a reckless couple, plunging him into a nightmarish neo-noir spiral of unpredictable horror.

A suburban stoner musical that follows an American neighborhood through the unfurling weirdness of the years from 2016 to 2021.

Embark on the epic ride of Jim Phillips, the genius behind skateboarding and rock culture's electrifying art. This documentary explores Phillips' unyielding commitment to his craft, embodying a testament to resilience in art and life.

100th anniversary with a live score by Katie Condon. A pianist has a transplant operation that gives him a new pair of hands. Unfortunately, the hands belonged to a murderer, and he finds the hands starting to take over his life and commit crimes.

TAKIN’ CARE OF BUSINESS is an intimate and captivating portrait of rock and roll legend Randy Bachman, the founding member of The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, and the mastermind behind iconic hits like “American Woman” and “Takin’ Care of Business.” After his beloved Gretsch guitar is stolen in 1977, Randy embarks on a 45-year quest to reclaim the instrument that defined his sound and career.

Born to Be Wild: The Story of Steppenwolf -- On a magic carpet ride from Germany to Toronto to California, we follow the evolution of the band Steppenwolf, in a time when music was taking a cue from the darkening world around it.   

The legendary ventriloquist Shari Lewis rose to stardom with her beloved sock puppet, Lamb Chop. When her popular children’s show is cancelled, Shari must find a way to make peace with her alter ego. Together, they spend decades reinventing themselves until Shari’s unlikely comeback, when she becomes a fierce advocate for children’s education.

Spanning decades and musical styles, this far-ranging one-hour program of short films and videos from the Bob Dylan Archive features rare and previously unreleased clips of Dylan on stage and in the studio.

Adventures await when new lovers are separated by a chainsaw killer.

Legendary musician Swamp Dogg, alongside housemates Moogstar and Guitar Shorty, has made his home an artistic playground. Together they navigate the tumultuous waves of the music industry, and forge a unique and inspiring path across time and space.

Documentary about the American indie band Pavement, which combines scripts with documentary images of the band and a musical mise-en-scene composed of songs from their discography.

Very few artists lived their art, Genesis died three times for it. Pioneering electronic musician/avant garde artist/spiritual explorer/gender revolutionary/cult leader? Genesis P. Orridge has been featured in numerous films and videos, but never the full story…never this intimate... until now. In this authorized but extremely raw and personal documentary, award-winning director David Charles Rodrigues (Gay Chorus Deep South) documents the final year of P-Orridge’s existence as they grapple with mortality.

Filmmaker Elizabeth Ai embarks on a project to tell a story of joy and youthful defiance as she explores a musical phenomenon in the 1980s known to Vietnamese American teens as new wave. As she delves into the lives of family members and icons of the new wave scene, she uncovers much more than just music and fashion.

Linda Perry: Let It Die Here offers an intimate look at the life and creative process of an artist who dreams big but still struggles with the past and present.

“Guerrilla infiltration? Or a sly spin on corporate marketing? Subversives aside, The Target Shoots First is a hilarious, hyper peek inside that mail-order music monster, Columbia House.” —Steve Seid (Berkeley: Pacific Film Archive, 1999)

Narrative shorts and music videos from across the globe featuring everything from an aging rocker enjoying one last night on the town to a Chaplin-esque story about an unlikely friendship. Oh, and Silversun Pickups sing a song with Butch Vig about David Lynch's furniture.

Kicking off at the 2022 Mill Valley Film Festival (Mill Valley, CA), the MN based documentary FINDING HER BEAT traveled the world playing at over 50 festivals worldwide garnering acclaim and sold out screenings wherever it went in addition to being the Centerpiece Film at the 2022 Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival.

Seven nights that shook the world… well maybe not the world but it was pretty loud…

The name Garland Jeffreys either means nothing to you or everything to you.

Meet various Minnesota Film Festival Directors and get their takes, thoughts, opinions, and optimism on the Minnesota film festival scene. Hear what they are noticing in the local film scene, what they have learned navigating a competitive field in selecting local films, what advice they would give filmmakers and artists, and what makes their festival different or similar in the great state of Minnesota.

Once again Sound Unseen presents a collection of documentary short films and music videos that span the globe from right here in Minneapolis to Armenia, China, and everywhere in between.

1-800-ON-HER-OWN follows groundbreaking indie musician/feminist Ani DiFranco, founder of the first “woman-run non-corporate queer-happy” label, Righteous Babe Records, on a wild road trip from her punk-folk past to her life today as an activist and rock star. Throughout, Ani remains resolutely true to herself, no matter the cost.

This is a film about The Black Keys traces Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney's remarkable journey from two neighborhood kids jamming in a basement in Akron, Ohio to rock ’n roll super-stardom.