NOT A PHOTOGRAPH documents the resurrection of the seminal post-punk band Mission of Burma, beginning in 2002 and continuing to the present. For a band deemed 'too ahead-of-their-time' during their initial existence, NOT A PHOTOGRAPH follows Mission of Burma's struggle to breathe new life into a tale that's already been recorded in rock's history books -- one that's placed them under the bright lights of acclaim, influence and legend.
Direction
Intimate vérité access without the usual rock-doc clichés.
Sound
Roger Miller's tinnitus-triggered wall of noise, explained.
Director
Jeffrey Iwanicki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title comes from Burma's own lyrics, rejecting permanence in an ironically permanent documentary form.
Mission of Burma essentially invented the loud-quiet-loud dynamic later commercialized by Pixies and Nirvana—this doc finally gives them credit.
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