Pacific Film Archive
2575 Bancroft Way @ Bowditch Berkeley
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NOISY PEOPLE is a feature length video documentary that opens a window into a tightly-knit group of unusual sound artists and musicians from the San Francisco improvisational music community.

Filmmaker Tim Perkis, himself a well-respected player in the Bay Area experimental music scene, followed his subjects for a year, filming them in their homes and studios, rehearsals and performances. What emerges is a set of funny and lively portraits of some very creative and quirky people -- and a portrait of a way of life outside the commercial musical mainstream of America.

FEATURING: George Cremaschi, Tom Djll, Greg Goodman, Phillip Greenlief, Cheryl Leonard, Dan Plonsey, Gino Robair, Damon Smith. Also appearing are dozens of other creative musicians, including Anthony Braxton, Fred Frith and Jack Wright.

Many other improvisors from the Bay Area (and beyond) appear in the film: Ausberto Acevedo, Steve Adams, Liz Albee, Josh Allen, Jen Baker, Patrick Barber, Dave Barrett, Aaron Bennett, Mantra Ben-Yakov, Tom Bickley, Tim Blue, Kris Bobrowski, Myles Boisen, Anthony Braxton, Christopher Brown, Kyle Bruckmann, Jerome Bryerton, Jim Cave, Jenya Chernoff, Merlin Colman, Angela Coon, George Cremaschi, Marc Cuthbertson, Kiku Day, Ann Dentel, Tom Djll, Tim Duff, Tom Duff, Dina Emerson, Eddie Falconer, Tara Flandreau, Fred Frith, Wolfgang Fuchs, Philip Gelb, Greg Goodman, Frank Gratkowski, Phillip Greenlief, Morgan Guberman, Ron Heglin, Shoko Hikage, Jeff Hobbs, Devin Hoff, Matthew Ingalls, John Ingle, Darren Jenkins, Barney Jones, Aurora Josephson, Ernst Karel, Joe Karten, Greg Kelley, David Kwan, Cheryl Leonard, Jacob Lindsay, Patty Liu, Sarah Lockhart, Scott Looney, Paul Lytton, Bob Marsh, Dawn McCarthy, Lisa Mezzacappa, Suki O'Kane, Philip Perkins, Tim Perkis, Cleveland Plonsey, Dan Plonsey, Mischa Plonsey, Petra Podlahova, Garth Powell, Mike Puckish, Jon Raskin, Gino Robair, Sherry Robertson, Rent Romus, Scott Rosenberg, Tom Scandura, John Schott, Jonathan Segal, John Shiurba, David Slusser, Damon Smith, Matthew Sperry, Karen Stackpole, Moe! Staiano, Toyoji Tomita, Lexa Walsh, Cory Weinstein, Lynn Wold, Jack Wright, Michael Zelner.

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Cost: $8

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