A Band Called Death is now available to stream on DocPlay.
REVIEW: You may never have heard of the band Death, but in Detroit in the very early 1970s, plenty of soon-to-be famous people had. The Hackney brothers – Bobby, David and Dannis – like so many Michigan teens, formed a band as a reaction against the poverty and collapsing social order of their proud industry town.
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Bobby, David and Dannis Hackney’s punk rock trio are the subject of the 2012 documentary A Band Called Death. Detroit – the original Motown – has an indelible musical history, which in the late 1960s and early 70s began to mutate away from the jazz, blues and soul that had defined the place, into a rawer, less-polished and angrier sound. The name “punk rock” was coined in Detroit.
Tubi, Drafthouse Films and Giant Pictures Sign Exclusive Content Deal for Nearly 40 Titles
The collaboration marks the first time nearly the full slate of Drafthouse premium titles will be available on a single streaming platform
Diane Haithman | May 6, 2021 @ 10:31 AM
Fox Entertainment’s free streaming service Tubi, Drafthouse FIlms and digital distribution label Giant Pictures have signed an exclusive content deal for almost 40 Drafthouse Films titles that are currently streaming on Tubi, the companies announced Thursday.
The collaboration marks the first time that Drafthouse Films is making most of its slate of premium English and foreign-language titles available on a single streaming service.
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