Scharfe Glatzen - Skinheads zwischen Musik und Politik

Skinhead Attitude

August 2003 •English

Outlines the history of 40 years of the skinhead subculture, beginning with the most recent versions of the culture.

Urgh! A Music War

November 1981 •English

Urgh! A Music War is a British film released in 1982 featuring performances by punk rock, new wave, and post-punk acts, filmed in 1980. Among the artists featured in the movie are Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Magazine, The Go-Go's, Toyah Willcox, The Fleshtones, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, X, XTC, Devo, The Cramps, Oingo Boingo, Dead Kennedys, Gary Numan, Klaus Nomi, Wall of Voodoo, Pere Ubu, Steel Pulse, Surf Punks, 999, UB40, Echo & the Bunnymen and The Police. These were many of the most popular groups on the New Wave scene; in keeping with the spirit of the scene, the film also features several less famous acts, and one completely obscure group, Invisible Sex, in what appears to be their only public performance.

Black Flag: TV Party Target Video

January 1983 •English

TV Party Music Video - (Live @ Target SF 1981) Rise Above - Thirsty & Miserable -Depression - American Waste - Fan greeting in Bologna, Italy 1979 - Revenge (San Francisco 8-20-80) - Jealous Again - Chuck (mock) interviews Dez & Henry - Rise Above (repeat)

Take It or Leave It

October 1981 •English

Autobiographical account of the cult 80's British pop group 'Madness (II)' , with members of the group playing themselves, charting their rise from humble beginnings as pub band The Invaders to chart success and their first overseas tour. The film follows the ups and downs of individual members of the group, and features all of their early hits including "The Prince", "One Step Beyond", "Baggy Trousers" and "Night Boat to Cairo"

Skinheads USA: Soldiers of the Race War

March 1993 •English

An examination of a group of skinheads--white, mostly male youths involved in the neo-Nazi, white supremacist hate movement in the U.S.--and the older adults who brought them into, and try to keep them in, the movement in the first place.

Seeed - Live

November 2006 •German

Oi for England

April 1982 •English

In the Moss Side, Manchester "race riots" of 1981 a struggling punk band are tempted by a sinister entrepreneur to perform at a major gig in support of British extreme Right political organizations.

The Story of Skinhead

October 2016 •English

Don Letts examines the history of this notorious subculture in a fascinating documentary, which features interviews with members of different skinhead scenes through the decades. Beginning in the late 1960s, Don fondly recalls a time of multiracial harmony as youngsters bonded over a love of ska, reggae and smart clothes as white working-class kids were attracted to Jamaican culture and adopted its music and fashions. But when far-right politics targeted skinheads in the 1970s and 1980s, an ugly intolerance emerged, and Don reveals how the once-harmonious subgroup has since struggled to shake this stigma.

Dance Craze

February 1981 •English

Rocksteady to both a visual and musical documentary of the big shots of the English 2-Tone movement of the late 1970s that has the exhaustive, high-energy performances exploding onto stage. Jump, shout, twist and crawl and dance to the tunes of Ska and its anthems of its rough riders and three-minute heroes captivated in the moment of a generation of England's concrete jungles and razor blade alleys. No longer on your radio but now on stage, together, with the likes of Madness, The Specials and The Beat et al, this concert footage of an era is a must-see, rare and fascinating look into a once vibrant youth culture of working-class England and its musical dance craze.

Roadkill Jamboree

Invalid date •English

Roadkill Jamboree is a stop-motion/ 2D hybrid music video about how roads and drivers affect animals, featuring music from the ska-punk band Suburban Legends. This grim yet humorous story centers around a band of five undead animals encompassing various species along Interstate Highway 5. Each animal in the band represents a different type of creature native to California while embodying different reasons why roadkill happens.

La cravate

February 2020 •French

Bastien is twenty years old and has been an activist for five years in the main extreme right party. When the presidential campaign begins, he's invited by his superior to commit even further. Initiated into the art of decking himself out like a politician, he starts to dream of a career, but old demons surge forth...

The Aquabats! Kooky Spooky Halloween Party

October 2020 •English

Coming straight to you from a secret bunker in Southern California, The Aquabats have put together a fully-produced show so that we can all get together for Halloween, celebrate the release of "Kooky Spooky... in Stereo!" and make up for all the live touring we DIDN'T get to do this year! It's a concert and a party... all in one!!

Wie ein Fluss. The Ska faces

November 2015 •Italian

Disciples

July 2021 •English

“DISCIPLES” is a new Dazed film by Jess Kohl exploring the subcultural world of Malaysian skinheads including the traditional, SHARP skins, and Nazis.

Skinheads

January 1996 •German

This is New Tone

July 2024 •English

A concert film & documentary about the current US Ska Punk scene, following the 2023 Bad Time Records Tour

The Show Must Go Off!: Dance Hall Crashers - Live at the House of Blues L.A.

January 2005 •English

Part of the Show Must Go Off series, Live at the House of Blues finds the ska-punk band at their best.

Venezuela es un Desorden

December 2018 •Spanish

Through humor, anecdotes and their songs, mythical Venezuelan ska band Desorden Público tells their story and that of three decades of their country.

Betagarri Zuzenena

October 2004 •Spanish

Madness at Madstock

February 2000 •English

The DVD release of the band's performance at Madstock 1998 (Sunday 12th of June) in London's Finsbury Park, which was attended by 75,000 people.