The history of the Nick Cave band is chronicled in Ian White’s film
The Birthday Party, photo by Michael Lawrence
The Birthday Party, the post-punk band started by Nick Cave, is the subject of a new documentary. Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party is screening in 45 cities from September to October and will become available via video-on-demand later this year. Watch an excerpt from the film, a partially animated clip titled “A Monstrous Beast Live,” below (via Rolling Stone).
The new documentary is directed by Ian White and features first-hand accounts on the band’s history from Cave, Mick Harvey, Rowland S. Howard and Phill Calvert. The film was executive produced by Wim Wenders alongside band member and the film’s music supervisor Harvey.
Read Pitchfork’s Sunday Review of the Birthday Party’s Junkyard.
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