"An in-depth look at the heartbreak of shuttering the beloved store amid the Mission District's wave of gentrification and traces its long history of influencing music and culture in the city." -- CBS News SF
"An affectionate cinematic tribute." -- The Wire Magazine
"It Came From Aquarius Records" the feature length documentary about the beloved, esoteric San Francisco record store announces its streaming debut via Amazon Prime begins in July. The film is also screening in the Pacific Northwest on July 19th at the Northwest Film Forum in Seattle, WA.
The film's director Kenneth Thomas will hold a Q&A after the film, followed by an afterparty at The Runaway with music by DJ Veins. For more information, please see below.
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"It Came From Aquarius Records" is an award-winning feature-length documentary about the SF-based independent record store, Aquarius Records. Having closed in 2016 after 47 years, this small apartment-sized store championed local, underground, independent, and challenging music to the masses - most memorably with their infamous bi-weekly, college essay-length, new-release lists.
This doc has interviews with the aQ owners dating back to 1970, other record store owners from around the world, musicians, label heads, music journalists, and INTENSE music collectors. Interviewees include Matt Groening (The Simpsons), Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips), Bruce Ackley, John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats), Ty Segall, and Liz Harris (Grouper). About 65 (!!) total!
Aquarius Records influenced and enriched countless peoples’ musical tastes with their curated selections - but this film also shows the realities of an indie record store trying to survive in an increasingly difficult market of brick-and-mortar music shops, especially in the ever-changing and price-gouging Mission District of SF.
Six years in the making, the film has a very personal angle, with lots of behind-the-scenes footage (and drama) that shows both the joy and excruciating stress that comes with running — and closing — a store like this.
Seattle, WA premiere:
Location of film: NWFF. 1515 12th Ave., Seattle Location of afterparty: The Runaway, 1425 10th Ave., Seattle
Date and Time of film: Wednesday, July 19th, 7pm Date and Time of afterparty: Wednesday, July 19th, 9:00pm
Tickets and more Info: nwfilmforum.org/films/it-came-from-aquarius-records-in-person-only
LINKS: Website: thescourge.com FB: facebook.com/aqdoc IG: instagram.com/aquariusdoc | 
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