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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Grindstone Media
  • 1 h 47 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Grindstone Media
  • 1 h 47 m

Summary From the shifting faultlines of Hollywood fantasies and the economic and racial tensions of Reagan's America, Fishbone rose to become one of the most original bands of the last 25 years. With a blistering combination of punk and funk they demolished the walls of genre and challenged the racial stereotypes and political order of the music...

Directed By: Lev Anderson, Chris Metzler

Written By: Lev Anderson, Chris Metzler

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Grindstone Media
  • 1 h 47 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Grindstone Media
  • 1 h 47 m

Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
69
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary From the shifting faultlines of Hollywood fantasies and the economic and racial tensions of Reagan's America, Fishbone rose to become one of the most original bands of the last 25 years. With a blistering combination of punk and funk they demolished the walls of genre and challenged the racial stereotypes and political order of the music...

Directed By: Lev Anderson, Chris Metzler

Written By: Lev Anderson, Chris Metzler

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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13% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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88% Positive
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13% Mixed
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83
Jun 12, 2012
Filled with personal vignettes and famous-people testimonials, the film has a few too many narrative digressions, but it's a moving portrait of all-too-human personalities and the dogged optimism that keeps them going.
By Shawn Levy FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 23, 2012
Like a Fishbone show or an LA weather forecast, the dark curtain rises, and there's a promise of more sunshine.
By Joe Williams FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 12, 2012
The best thing about Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone is that it really is the story of Fishbone. It's a hearty, thoughtful, smartly assembled, vaguely complete documentary about a rock band that, even by the standards of out-there musical acts, seemed out there both in the mid-1980s and even now.
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 21, 2011
As much as filmmakers Lev Anderson and Chris Metzler capture the energy and attitude of the band's early days, it is the more recent footage of Fishbone still making the most of it - despite years of personality conflicts, personnel changes and commercial disappointments - that has an emotional appeal.
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70
Oct 6, 2011
Today Mr. Fisher and Mr. Moore are all who remain of the original lineup, enduring a punishing touring schedule in 500-seat clubs. But the group's influence - attested to by members of No Doubt, the Peppers and Jane's Addiction, among many others - is indisputable.
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63
Oct 3, 2011
As thorough as the filmmakers are in providing a political context for Fishbone, they're often reduced to tunnel vision in an attempt to lift the unheralded band to its rightful place in music history.
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60
Oct 7, 2011
There's as much social history of L.A.'s racial divide as there is appreciation for the band's big, genre-crossing sound. It all comes together for a rollicking chronicle of verve and nerve.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Oct 7, 2011
Duration 1 h 47 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline The story of California's legendary Black punk sons still funking on the one.
Website http://www.fishbonedocumentary.com/
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Awards

Washington DC Independent Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
DocMiami International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Guam International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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