Rating: NR
Genre:
Culture & Society
Release Date: 04/22/2008
Dubbed: English
Sound: 2
Run Time: 96 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: First Run Features
A lot have people have opened rock clubs for a lot of different reasons, but
Larry Bloch is one of the few to have opened a music venue as a medium for social change. In 1989,
Bloch and a handful of friends, none of whom had experience running a nightclub, opened
Wetlands in New York City's Tribeca district, and as part of their business plan, each month a percentage of the club's proceeded were to be donated to a non-profit Center For Social and Environmental Justice, with the annual payout often exceeding $100,000. In addition to the club's success as an avenue for fund-raising,
Wetlands helped give a home to a new breed of bands whose music suited the hippie-esque vibe of the club while opening new territories in improvisational rock, and
Phish,
the Dave Matthews Band,
Blues Traveler and
Gov't Mule were among the acts who were regulars attractions at
Wetlands before finding worldwide fame.
Dean Budnick, a senior editor at
Relix Magazine (a journal that frequently covers the jam band scene) makes his directorial debut with
Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Rock Club, which examines both the music and the message behind this fabled venue.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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