Red Lens 15: Scott Crawford on documenting punk rock & activism

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On episode 15 of Red Lens Podcast, I sat down for a conversation with Scott Crawford. Scott is a documentary filmmaker whose documentaries have focused on rebellious music and political activism. He’s produced Salad Days (2014), Creem: America’s Only Rock’n’Roll Magazine (2019), and his newest production, Something Better Change. And for those interested in photography, he also created a photography book called Spoke to accompany the film Salad Days.

The intro/outro song in this episode is ‘Zapatista garage punk instrumental’ by Joshua Hudes. You can find it here.

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Scott Crawford on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saladdazed/ 

‘Something Better Change’ updates: https://www.instagram.com/somethingbetterchange_doc/ 

Trailer for ‘Something Better Change’: https://vimeo.com/802485222 

‘Salad Days’ website: https://www.saladdaysdc.com

Buy the photography book ‘Spoke’: https://www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/spoke/

Trailer for ‘Creem: America’s Only Rock & Roll Magazine’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUcCMNRTZpI

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Some things referenced in the episode: 

University of Maryland punk archival collection: https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/4/resources/1748 

Metrozine, Scott’s 1980s fanzine: https://archives.lib.umd.edu/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&op%5B%5D=&q%5B%5D=metrozine&button= 

Video of Scott’s 1980s band Darkness at Noon performing in 1987 at DC Space: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-En2P1JDCos 

White Panther Party: https://crossculturalsolidarity.com/the-white-panther-party/ 

MC5: https://rockhall.com/inductees/mc5/ 

Lester Bangs: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/lester-bangs-truth-teller 

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