In electric, personal, and historical ways, this riveting documentary explores whether there is, or ever was, a home for Queer in the hyper-masculine, black painted worlds of heavy metal, punk and rock & roll.
Rock Out explores what space exists for Queer, in a variety of crucial ways, in the uncompromising and deeply masculine worlds of heavy metal, punk, and rock & roll. Excavating the often-veiled queer lives of some of the greatest culture-defining disruptors and masterminds of music in the 1960s and 70s, Rock Out demands to know what unique value ‘gay’ brought to creating and revolutionising rock, punk, and metal – from the perspective of managers, producers, artists and fans – and why those contributions have been left buried for so long.
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Premiere statusUK premiere
Film details
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Director(s)Dustin Lance Black
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Country(s)United Kingdom, USA, Ireland
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Year2025
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Duration116 mins
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Executive producer(s)Bill Gerber, Michael Rapino / Live Nation Productions, Ryan Kroft / Live Nation Productions, Vaughn Trudeau / Live Nation Productions
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Producer(s)Bill Gerber
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CinematographyTim Cragg
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EditingJoe Volpe, Justin Lachance
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SoundWayne Blair, Adam Prescod, Paul Thompson, Marcus Yasui, Fred Stuben
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Language(s)English
