The Grand Illusion

Created to commemorate the 20 years that had passed since DC-based post-hardcore band Fugazi’s last live appearance (November 4, 2002, at The Forum in London), WE ARE FUGAZI FROM WASHINGTON, DC is a 96-minute movie comprising crowd-sourced, fan-recorded live shows and rare archive footage of Fugazi, curated by Joe Gross, Joseph Pattisall, and Jeff Krulik.

Explicitly billed as a nondocumentary (tHISiSNOTaFUGAZIdOCUMENTARY.), the film pays tribute to Fugazi’s prowess as a live act — for old fans to remember and for a new generation to discover what they missed. This unique archival assemblage celebrates the fans and their cameras, as much as the band itself — a collision/collusion of the ephemeral moment on stage, and the moments captured on camera.

In the spirit of Fugazi’s commitment to donating proceeds from their hometown shows to local charities, 40% of the gross from this screening will go to Seattle Homeless Outreach, a nonprofit organization providing outreach services to those experiencing homelessness in the Seattle and Tacoma areas.

“Anyone familiar with Fugazi, then and now, will know that this footage is as frequently intense as it is spellbinding. The band’s legendary ferocity, all sweat and sinew, springs eternal as their material develops, from its earliest anthemic pummeling, to a skeletal, almost microtonal weave by the turn of the century.” The Wire

“Stunning.” Tim Stegall, Austin Chronicle