"I have seen burning busloads of punk rock documentaries, but I have never seen one like Brian Bieber's I Really Get Into It. This worthy debut… shows how the music of the damned was many kids' salvation."
— PROJECT NAME
I Really Get Into It
— ROLES
Director
Editor
Writer
Production Designer
Social Campaign
— RELEASE DATE
November 2020
I Really Get Into It is a feature-length documentary I began making in the summer of 2018, and released independently in November of 2020.
I'm going to suppress my innate midwestern instinct to minimize the success of this project. It had a very healthy festival run, won some awards, and sold out some screenings. It also turned a surprisingly sizable profit on a marketing budget of exactly zero dollars. My co-producer/wife and I used a chunk of the profits to remodel our kitchen. I'm really proud of this movie.
If you'd like a digital screener, let me know.
If you'd like a deeper dive into the whole thing, check out this detailed case study.
OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS
Largely ignored and left to their own devices, a group of unassuming teenagers in Sioux Falls, South Dakota created their own culture, community, and economy. And when they moved out into the world at large, they brought what they learned along with them.
I Really Get Into It is a documentary about the tenacity and ingenuity of youth, finding and following your convictions, and how the kids you least expect often make the most noise.
Filmed on location in eight U.S. cities, the film features interviews with Larry Livermore (Lookout! Records), Ian Mackaye (Fugazi, Minor Threat), Mike Park (Skankin' Pickle), Terry Taylor (Hammerlord, Nodes of Ranvier), Rebecca Hanten (Cadillac Blindside, The Cardinal Sin), Shawn Kock (Blood Drugs, Absolute Monarchs), and many more.
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
Best U.S. Documentary, L.A. Punk Film Festival 2021
Official Selection, Sound Unseen 2021
Official Selection, Decibels Film Festival 2021
Official Selection, South Dakota Film Festival 2021
Best Feature Documentary, Dakota Independent Film Festival
Official Selection, Seattle Film Festival 2021
Official Selection, SiouxperCon Film Festival 2021
MERCH
Since COVID made safe, traditional film screenings pretty much impossible in 2020, we launched with a home release, and packed the virtual merch table with everything from stickers and postcards to lapel pins and VHS tapes.
Using shows to raise money for charity is something of a punk rock tradition, so when we were finally able to screen the movie at the historic State Theatre in downtown Sioux Falls, we donated our cut of the ticket sales and a portion of online sales to Children's Inn, a local non-profit serving victims of domestic violence.
BEER
My friends at Look’s Beer Co. offered to brew, can, and keg a special Hazy IPA for the State Theatre screening of the documentary, and I agreed without reservation.
