PUNK IS NOT DADDY – ARQUIVOS DO FIM DE SÉ CULO Vol. 1: 1982-1992
Director Edgar Pêra
Countries Portugal
Duration 61 min
Synopsis
"Punk is Not Daddy" is a journey through the 80s, witnessed by a fledging filmmaker, Edgar Pêra, and registered in his cine journals: the Chiado ruins, daily life in Lisbon and Madrid, the Estates General of Portuguese Cinema, and most importantly the intervention of pop bands – the main cultural reference of that time. "Punk is Not Daddy" witnesses the evolution and final phase of the band Heróis do Mar, the backstage of GNR in a concert promoted by the political alliance APU, the gripping performances by Xutos & Pontapés, the Celtic atmosphere of Sétima Legião, Delfins’ pop, the militancy of Clandestinos, the shooting of Rádio Macau’s videos. And even the controversy that marked the Portuguese Music Contest finale, held at Rock Rendez-Vous, the rehearsals of the band Censurados in João Ribas’ apocalyptic bedroom or the last (anti)concert at RRV with Zao Ten de Farinha Master. "Punk is Not Daddy" portrays, in the first person, the first decade uncommitted to fascism, in a period when revolution was no more than an echo. Finally, art in a context of freedom.
"Punk is Not Daddy" is a journey through the 80s, witnessed by a fledging filmmaker, Edgar Pêra, and registered in his cine journals: the Chiado ruins, daily life in Lisbon and Madrid, the Estates General of Portuguese Cinema, and most importantly the intervention of pop bands – the main cultural reference of that time. "Punk is Not Daddy" witnesses the evolution and final phase of the band Heróis do Mar, the backstage of GNR in a concert promoted by the political alliance APU, the gripping performances by Xutos & Pontapés, the Celtic atmosphere of Sétima Legião, Delfins’ pop, the militancy of Clandestinos, the shooting of Rádio Macau’s videos. And even the controversy that marked the Portuguese Music Contest finale, held at Rock Rendez-Vous, the rehearsals of the band Censurados in João Ribas’ apocalyptic bedroom or the last (anti)concert at RRV with Zao Ten de Farinha Master. "Punk is Not Daddy" portrays, in the first person, the first decade uncommitted to fascism, in a period when revolution was no more than an echo. Finally, art in a context of freedom.