ROCH Festival Film | FINDING HER BEAT
For thousands of years women have been locked out of Taiko drumming. Not anymore. In the dead of a Minnesota winter, Asian drumming divas smash gender roles and redefine power on their own terms. FINDING HER BEAT dives into the rhythms and struggles that lead to an electrifying historic performance that changes everything.
ROCH Festival Film | SKATEBOARD (45th Anniversary)
SKATEBOARD was the first feature film to depict the height of the '70s skateboard craze. Its star-studded cast includes '70s teen idol Leif Garrett, skateboarding legend Tony Alva, and iconic female freestyler and member of the Skateboarding Hall of Fame Ellen O’Neal.
ROCH Festival Film | LOUDER THAN YOU THINK: A LO-FI HISTORY OF GARY YOUNG AND PAVEMENT
An intimate portrait of creativity colliding with chaos. Gary Young, drummer for indie rock icons Pavement, injected a wild card unpredictability into the band’s breakthrough, lo-fi sound. But those same gonzo impulses derailed his rock star dream.
ROCH Festival Film | KAREN CARPENTER: STARVING FOR PERFECTION
The personal struggles of pop superstar Karen Carpenter are heard in her own voice through never-before released recordings, and through the stories of those who knew her, worked with her, and whom her music inspired.
ROCH Festival Film | MEETING CHARLIE PARR
Meeting Charlie Parr is a musical journey through the Midwest that meets one its most emblematic folk singers.