Rock My Religion

Rock My Religion

Release date : January 1, 1984
Runtime : 55m
Countries of origin : United States of America /
Original Language : English /
Director : Dan Graham /
Production companies : Moderna Museet /
January 1, 1984 55m United States of America Documentary English More
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Rock My Religion is a provocative thesis on the relation between religion and rock music in contemporary culture. Graham formulates a history that begins with the Shakers, an early religious community who practiced self-denial and ecstatic trance dances. With the "reeling and rocking" of religious revivals as his point of departure, Graham analyzes the emergence of rock music as religion with the teenage consumer in the isolated suburban milieu of the 1950s, locating rock's sexual and ideological context in post-World War II America. The music and philosophies of Patti Smith, who made explicit the trope that rock is religion, are his focus. This complex collage of text, film footage and performance forms a compelling theoretical essay on the ideological codes and historical contexts that inform the cultural phenomenon of rock 'n' roll music.
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  • title:Rock My Religion
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1984
  • Runtime:55m
  • Genres: Documentary ·
  • Countries of origin: United States of America ·
  • Original Language: English ·
  • Director: Dan Graham /
  • Writers: Dan Graham · Thurston Moore · Kristin Lovejoy · Kim Gordon ·
  • Production companies: Moderna Museet ·
  • Overview:Rock My Religion is a provocative thesis on the relation between religion and rock music in contemporary culture. Graham formulates a history that begins with the Shakers, an early religious community who practiced self-denial and ecstatic trance dances. With the "reeling and rocking" of religious revivals as his point of departure, Graham analyzes the emergence of rock music as religion with the teenage consumer in the isolated suburban milieu of the 1950s, locating rock's sexual and ideological context in post-World War II America. The music and philosophies of Patti Smith, who made explicit the trope that rock is religion, are his focus. This complex collage of text, film footage and performance forms a compelling theoretical essay on the ideological codes and historical contexts that inform the cultural phenomenon of rock 'n' roll music.
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