Punk  Thursdays in February at The Cinefamily Theatre!

It’s tough to imagine now, when viewed through the meat grinder of 21st-century perspective, but when punk first came into being, it scared the living s… out of people. Its raw power, obstinate attitude and three-chord rhumba formed a sharp slap heard ’round the world, and just as soon as it was codified, it splintered into a thousand different scenes and subcultures–all with their own influences, wants and needs. It’s been thirty-plus years, and we still haven’t heard the last of how punk is defined and applied, how it came to be and what it became–what is punk and what isn’t. Thankfully, there have been filmmakers who’ve captured the essence of what they observed all along the way, and this program contains the rarely-screened, the never-screened and the heavily fetishized. Each and every night of this series also features a live DJ set by Michael Stock, of Part Time Punks!

Series co-presented by Part Time Punks

Night Flight Presents a Tribute to “New Wave Theatre”
02/04 @ 8:00pm

The opening of this year’s Post-Punk Junk fest brings the return of Night Flight to the Cinefamily! In the ’80s, overnight TV was completely staid, except for one anarchic alternative: Night Flight. Premiering on the USA Network in ’81, this legendary weekend variety show featured a glorious amalgamation of music videos, short films, cartoons, interviews, concerts, and cult movies — and the cutting-edge, truly original New Wave Theatre.

Hosted by the verbose, fun-loving Peter Ivers, NWT was crammed full of chaotic live performances by So Cal punks and new wavers (Fear, Dead Kennedys, Surburban Lawns), in addition to Dadaist comedy sketches, rapid-fire montages of Hiroshima and outer space, and gonzo monologues preaching optimism for the Nuclear Age (written by crazed visionary producer David Jove.) Running for three years until Ivers’ untimely death, NWT gave the best of what the underground L.A. music scene had to offer, and that night Cinefamily presents a much-deserved tribute to this unsung slab of video history, as well as a fiery blast of vintage punk-themed Night Flight programming.

To purchase tickets for “Night Flight,” go here|Tickets – $10

Cinefamily Theatre
611 N. Fairfax Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90036

***
http://www.cinefamily.org/