{"id":63100,"date":"2010-04-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-alum-david-bettencourt-to-premier-latest-documentary-at-lupos-april-30\/"},"modified":"2010-04-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T00:00:00","slug":"uri-alum-david-bettencourt-to-premier-latest-documentary-at-lupos-april-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2010\/04\/uri-alum-david-bettencourt-to-premier-latest-documentary-at-lupos-april-30\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 alum David Bettencourt to premier latest documentary at Lupo\u2019s, April 30"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tIt\u2019s a Bash! offers look into Neutral Nation, Rhode Island punk rock scene<\/p>\n


\nKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 28, 2010 \u2013 溏心vlog免费B站 adjunct professor and alum David Bettencourt (\u201997) will premier his latest documentary film It\u2019s a Bash!: A Film 溏心vlog免费B站 Being in a Band on Friday, April 30 (8 p.m.) at Lupo\u2019s Heartbreak Hotel in Providence.<\/p>\n


\n\tIt\u2019s a Bash! tells the story of Neutral Nation, a punk rock band that started in 1983 as a group of skateboarding friends from Attleboro, Mass. with no real musical background and turned into a band with a strong local following. Neutral Nation regularly filled Providence clubs throughout the 1980s and early \u201890s and played with legendary acts such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Ramones.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThey\u2019ve got fans that have followed them all the way back to 1983,\u201d said Bettencourt, who teaches film studies courses at 溏心vlog免费B站. \u201cWhat makes them even more interesting is that they have had a longevity usually found in bands making lots of money.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\t Adding to the story is the social consciousness of Neutral Nation, which used its music to give back to the community. Their performance at Providence\u2019s The Living Room for the 1986 charity concert Bandwagon, which raised money to battle hunger and homelessness, is a piece of Rhode Island music lore.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis was truly a community rock band,\u201d Bettencourt said. Following the lead of the band\u2019s philanthropic work, $1 from every DVD sold for It\u2019s a Bash! will be donated to the Rhode Island Food Bank. Bettencourt expects the DVD to be released 6-8 months from now.<\/p>\n


\nThe film explores how the band was able to reach multiple generations of punk rockers while maintaining the friendship among group members. It\u2019s a Bash! gives fans a chance to relive those days of hanging in clubs and listening to great local music. Following the debut of It\u2019s a Bash! Friday night, Neutral Nation will take the stage for a performance, a decision Bettencourt called \u201ca no brainer player.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n \t\u201cIt\u2019s an absolute honor to be doing this,\u201d Bettencourt said. \u201cI love the music, I love punk rock, I love Neutral Nation and I love movies. I\u2019ve always wanted to do something that involved telling a good story, and these guys have a good story.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe film, which takes its name from a Neutral Nation song, features 20 tracks by the band.<\/p>\n


\nWhile the film will premiere Friday at Lupo\u2019s, it also will be shown nightly (9 p.m.) at the Cable Car Cinema in Providence starting May 2. There also will be a screening at Jane Pickens Theatre in Newport on May 7. <\/p>\n


\n \tBettencourt\u2019s work has been gaining significant notice of late. His film You Must Be This Tall: The Story of Rocky Point Park won several awards in 2007 and 2008. He and G. Wayne Miller are finalists for a New England Emmy for On the Lake: Life and Love in a Distant Place, which looks at the tuberculosis epidemic in early 1900s America and globally today. Bettencourt \u2013 who directed the film \u2013 and writer\/producer Miller will attend a ceremony held at Gillette Stadium by the New England chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on May 22. <\/p>\n


\nBettencourt and Miller have also teamed with Eagle Peak Media for another documentary, Behind the Hedgerow: Eileen Slocum and the Meaning of Newport Society. Set to debut at the 2010 Rhode Island International Film Festival in August, Behind the Hedgerow is the first-ever feature-length movie about the secret world of old-money Newport.<\/p>\n

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