{"id":39562,"date":"2023-07-09T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=39562"},"modified":"2023-07-09T07:47:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T11:47:22","slug":"watch-the-first-official-trailer-for-we-were-famous-you-dont-remember-the-embarrassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=39562","title":{"rendered":"Watch the first official trailer for &#8216;WE WERE FAMOUS, YOU DON&#8217;T REMEMBER: THE EMBARRASSMENT&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Watch the first official trailer for The Embarrassment documentary, \u2018WE WERE FAMOUS, YOU DON&#8217;T REMEMBER: THE EMBARRASSMENT\u2019. A film about a quintessential American post-punk band, who somehow hailed from Kansas + screenings announced in Chicago, Brooklyn, LA &amp; more. Watch the trailer\u00a0via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i8P7Mvv5x2I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the end of the seventies. Surrounded by wheat fields, cowboys, and cars, four bespectacled misfits in Kansas \u2014 Bill Goffrier, Brent Giessmann, John Nichols, and Ron Klaus \u2014 grabbed instruments and blasted out &#8220;<em>a ravenous strain of rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll&#8221;<\/em> as tuneful, brainy, and enthralling as anything coming from the coasts. They worshiped the Stooges and witnessed the Sex Pistols bring punk to the Great Plains, igniting within them an uncontrolled prairie fire to do-it-themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the Embarrassment, they threw a house-wrecking party and invited &#8220;<em>a thousand loving friends&#8221;<\/em> into their underground world of &#8220;<em>weirdo New Wave freaks&#8221;<\/em> in Wichita and beyond. They played Chicago, D.C., and New York, drawing the attention of influential figures like Allen Ginsberg, John Cale, and Jonathan Demme. But their independence and refusal to sell out sparked tension within the group and kept mainstream success at bay, meaning they never quite claimed their rightful place in American rock history alongside other post-punk icons like H\u00fcsker D\u00fc, Mission of Burma, Pylon, Wipers, the Replacements, R.E.M., and Minutemen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through original interviews, restored concert footage, the band&#8217;s inimitable songs, and appearances by fans including Evan Dando, Freedy Johnston, Grant Hart, and Thomas Frank, this documentary shows how the Embarrassment rose out of nowhere in Reagan-era Middle America to become a post-punk legend that&#8217;s almost been forgotten \u2014 until now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/8E06A2F2-A7D2-47DC-BDCE-305D7FCAFC5B.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/8E06A2F2-A7D2-47DC-BDCE-305D7FCAFC5B.jpeg?resize=725%2C1024\" alt=\"The Embarrassment screen poster \" class=\"wp-image-39565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/8E06A2F2-A7D2-47DC-BDCE-305D7FCAFC5B.jpeg?resize=725%2C1024 725w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/8E06A2F2-A7D2-47DC-BDCE-305D7FCAFC5B.jpeg?resize=212%2C300 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/8E06A2F2-A7D2-47DC-BDCE-305D7FCAFC5B.jpeg?resize=768%2C1085 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/8E06A2F2-A7D2-47DC-BDCE-305D7FCAFC5B.jpeg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SUMMER 2023 SCREENINGS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 9 &#8211; Chicago, IL &#8211; The Hideout (w\/ director Q&amp;A &amp; solo set by Bill Goffrier)<br>July 12\u00a0&#8211; Kansas City, MO &#8211; Stray Cat Film Center<br>July 26\u00a0&#8211; Brooklyn, NY &#8211; NiteHawk (w\/ director Q&amp;A with Woody Giesmann)<br>July 27\u00a0&#8211; Los Angeles, CA &#8211; Brain Dead Studios (w\/ director Q&amp;A with Will McRobb, co-creator of\u00a0<em>The Adventures of Pete &amp; Pete<\/em>)<br>Aug 8\u00a0&#8211; Athens, GA &#8211; Flicker Theatre &amp; Bar (free screening)<br>Aug 17-19\u00a0&#8211; Wichita, KS &#8211; Tallgrass Film Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forcefieldpr.cmail20.com\/t\/j-l-ehdvly-drjjtiirkr-j\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TICKETS \/ MORE INFO. 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