Inaugural LIMEHOF Music Documentary Film Festival, Day 1 at Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame

The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMEHOF) will host its first-ever LIMEHOF Music Documentary Film Festival, August 8th-10th. The festival will be held at LIMEHOF’s Stony Brook location (97 Main Street, Stony Brook, NY) and will begin at 11 a.m. and runs into the evening each day. Check this web page for the full schedule and ticket details.

The festival will feature twenty-four feature length and short music documentary films from around the world. The roster, curated by the festival’s Executive Director Tom Needham and Artistic Director Wendy Feinberg, includes a blend of films. The lineup includes a wide range of music genres, including classical, hip-hop, rock, jazz, ska, blues and folk, among others. Also scheduled are films about the music industry, a pirate radio station, and even break dancing.

There will be filmmaker Q&A panels, opening and closing night parties, and expected LIVE musical performances by Billy J Kramer, Guggenheim Grotto’s Mick Lynch, Public Enemy’s DJ Johnny Juice, Naked Blue , Brady Rymer, Jennifer Silecchia-Hackett, Sandra Taylor, and Mega Infinity to name a few.

Day 1 will screen:

1. Chrysalis Orchestra: Layla- Short | United States
2. Beethoven’s Nine: Ode to Humanity- Feature | Canada, Germany, Poland, US
3. Fighting Gravity- Short | United States
4. 40 Watts From Nowhere- Feature | United States
5. Coming Home: The Guggenheim Grotto Back in Ireland- Short | US, Ireland
6. Building the Beatles- Feature | United States, United Kingdom
7. My Back Pages- Short | United States
8. Cat’s in the Cradle 50th Anniversary- Feature | United States
9. Fugazi’s Last Stop in Wisconsin- Short | United States
10. Born To Be Wild: The Story of Steppenwolf- Feature | Canada