The process of making a documentary on the iconic ’80s New Wave band, Devo, was a five-year journey, according to director Chris Smith. But in researching the band over that time some fabulous examples of the band’s live performances were unearthed. One of their earliest shows in New York City, filmed on 16mm film, could have almost been lost forever.
“It was about eight or nine years ago, someone came out of the woodwork,” said Devo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh at TheWrap’s Sundance Portrait and Interview Studio sponsored by NFP. “They had gone to a garage sale in New Jersey and bought canisters of tape that had names on the side.
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