Once again RTRFM has kicked off the return of ‘Gimme Some Truth’ – Australiaʼs first dedicated music documentary festival to Perth cinemas for 2015.
Showcasing seven films over six days, Gimme Some Truth 2015 will feature five Australian premieres and one world premiere. Having launched on Friday, films will screen through to Wednesday, 9th December at Luna Outdoor in Leederville.
From indigenous Australians singing their way through a prison sentence (Prison Songs, AUS), to the amazing and often brutal experiences of musicians in Mali (They Will Have to Kill Us First, UK), to the extraordinary story of a fashion photographer in a punk rock world (Her Aim Is True, USA), the 2015 program is musically and culturally diverse, exploring music from all angles in a variety of disparate locations.
To support this killer celebration of great music films, the crew at RTRFM have selected their picks for the best Aussie music docos you need to have in your life. Check ’em out and add to your ‘must see’ list for the holiday period. For more info on Gimme Some Truth visit www.rtrfm.com.au/gimmesometruth.
We’re Livin’ on Dog Food
Chosen by: Coel Healy (Golden Apples of the Sun, Black & Blue, El Ritmo)
“My favourite Australian music doco is We’re Living on Dog Food, about the Melbourne post punk scene from 1977 through to 1981. It features great interviews with people like the late Roland S Howard. I think it provides a great insight into a truly fascinating time in Australia’s music history.”
Paul Kelly: Stories of Me
Chosen by: Sarah Tout (Drastic on Plastic)
“Paul Kelly is an intriguing guy. I’m not an avid collector of his records nor do I know the lyrics to all his tunes… but that one about making gravy is tops. Live he’s an enthralling performer, wielding sharp stories and observations that this film unravels in illuminating and at times surprising ways. Turns out his sister taught him to play guitar. Awesome.”
The – 15 Minutes to Rock
Chosen by: Peter Barr (ex-Breakfast with Barr)
15 Minutes to Rock was released in 1998 at a time when Australian band the Fauves should have been enormous but instead were dealing with the revelation they were never likely to be.
An incredible band and criminally ignored save for a few modest hits on alternative and community radio, this is an on-the-road rock ‘n’ roll rollercoaster ride of the highs and lows of their life made of more melodrama than we might have imagine existed there. It’s a fly on the wall squizz at mates going mad and magnificent music being made that provides an intimate experience with the band you love more than anyone else does.
Prison Songs
Chosen by: Chris Wheeldon (Homegrown, The Mag)
Prison Songs does what any documentary should do and makes you question where and why you are where you are in your own life. As Australia’s first documentary musical, it takes us into the heart of an Australian prison and gives us the inmates stories through both spoken interviews and song. It’s an amazing achievement and showed me a life any of us could fall into if one thing in our past had been different.
SUNBURY 72
Chosen by: Jason Cleary, ex-General Manager
In Australia when we wanted our own Woodstock we loaded one truck full of amps, one truck full of beer and one full of weed, found a paddock in the bush then got someone to film it – What could go wrong. Amazing footage of some of Australia’s best acts of the time like The Aztecs, Chain, Lobby Loyde, all hosted by Molly Meldrum who pulls off some ripping dance moves.
