Ashes of American Flags, the film presenting Wilco live in concert during their 2008 tour, is due out in the Nonesuch Store and in limited release on April 18, and is now available for pre-order. Culled from concerts in Tulsa, New Orleans, Mobile, Nashville, and DC, the film, produced and directed by Christoph Green and Fugazi’s Brendan Canty, captures the energy, poignancy, and musicality of a Wilco concert and tour. Orders placed in the Nonesuch Store before April 28, the date of the film's wide release, include a free video download of the band's live performance of "Monday" from the film, available beginning the 18th. The winner for Best Cinematography at the Big Sky Film Festival, the film has been selected to play at a number of upcoming film festivals and special screenings to coincide with its DVD release.
Ashes of American Flags, the new film presenting Wilco live in concert during their 2008 tour, is due out in the Nonesuch Store and in limited release on Record Store Day, April 18, and is now available for pre-order. Culled from concerts in five quintessentially American venues—Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Tipitina’s in New Orleans, The Mobile Civic Center in Mobile, The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, and the 9:30 Club in DC—the film, produced and directed by Christoph Green and Fugazi’s Brendan Canty, captures the energy, poignancy, and musicality of a Wilco concert and tour. Orders placed in the Nonesuch Store before April 28, the date of the film's wide release, include a free video download of the band's live performance of "Monday" from the film, available beginning the 18th.
Upon its premiere, at the Big Sky Film Festival in Missoula, Montana, this past February, Ashes of American Flags was awarded the prize for Best Cinematography. It has since been screened at San Francisco's Noisepop festival and had its premiere in Wilco's home town at the Chicago International Movies and Music Festival earlier this month. It has now been selected to play at a number of upcoming film festivals and special screenings to coincide with its DVD release.
Here are the confirmed US screenings:
| 3/26 | East Lansing Film Festival, East Lansing, MI | Info |
| 3/31-4/03 | Sarasota Film Festival, Sarasota, FL | Info |
| 4/8 | Boulder Weekly Film Series, Boulder, CO | Info |
| 4/10-11 | Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA | Info |
| 4/13-15 | Alamo Drafthouse, Austin, TX | Info |
| 4/15 | Workplay, Birmingham, AL | Info |
| 4/17 | Winifred Moore Auditorium, St. Louis, MO | Info |
| 4/17, 19 | Cornell Cinema, Ithaca, NY | Info |
| 4/17 | Nashville Film Festival, Nashville, TN | Info |
| 4/18 | Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH | Info |
| 4/18 | State Theatre, State College, PA | Info |
| 4/20 | The Lyric, Oxford, MS | Info |
For the latest screening dates, as they are added, visit ashesofamericanmovie.com.
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