The Blank Generation MC5 * A True Testimonial

"Kick out the jams!" with performances by the Ramones, the Patti Smith Group, Television, and Blondie in The Blank Generation and with legendary proto-punk group MC5 in MC5 * A True Testimonial.

Second feature start time: 8:15 pm. With live performances by the Ramones, the Patti Smith Group, Television, and Blondie, The Blank Generation is an invaluable record of New York's emerging punk scene in the 1970s. (Amos Poe and Ivan Kral, 1976; 55 mins.)

Blending archival footage and contemporary interviews, MC5 * A True Testimonial tells the story of this legendary Detroit proto-punk group, which rose from garage-band origins to be at the forefront of the radical political movements of the 1960s. (David C. Thomas, 2002; 120 mins.)