Like “Music videos the capture Austin,” this list organizes great documentaries about Austin music and other spaces.
In the comments below, please add others I might have missed.
Heartworn Highways
Austin library | IMDB | Wikipedia
Last Days Of The San Jose
Austin library | Chronicle interview | Bunkhouse
Be Here To Love Me
You’re Gonna Miss Me
Austin library | IMDB | Wikipedia
(Sumner was a longtime Regular back in the day, and Peyton remains one.)
Viva Les Amis
site | Austin library | Chronicle profile
The Devil And Daniel Johnston
The Unforeseen
Austin library | site | IMDB | Wikipedia
When I Rise
Austin library | IMDB | Wikipedia
Echotone
Duct Tape Messiah
Austin library | Site | IMDB | Wikipedia
Austin episode of Sonic Highways
Road To Austin
Sir Doug & The Genuine Cosmic Groove
Austin library | site | IMDB | Wikipedia
Honky Tonk Heaven: The Legend Of The Broken Spoke
Lonestar: Stevie Ray Vaughan 1984-1989
Also Starring Austin
Nothing Stays The Same
Without Getting Killed Or Caught
site | IMDB | Wikipedia | book at the Austin library
Dance Hall Days
Brothers in Blues
Bloody & Bruised
Honorable Mentions
Blaze
a narrative film about Blaze Foley: IMDB | Wikipedia
Lubbock Lights
Mike Judge Presents: Tales From The Tour Bus, Billy Joe Shaver
Mike Judge Presents: Tales From The Tour Bus, Blaze Foley
The Butthole Surfers Movie
Slacker
Austin library | IMDB | Wikipedia
A reminder: Please share in the comments below any new films or ones I missed.
A request: Austin can still be Austin and even become even better, but only if we ourselves really live in and through it. We must each bring what we have in order to make it so.
Bring it.