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Photographer and co-author of Banned in DC. Still image from Punk the Capital.

Super-8 film still from Punk the Capital.

Still image from Punk the Capital.

Still image from Punk the Capital.

Still image from Punk the Capital.

Randy Austin (of the band Overkill, often credited as D.C.’s first punk band). Left photo c.1976, right photo 2012.

Part of the Government Issue section of the “Flex Your Head” record insert.

Chris Stover (R), of the band Void, with Punk the Capital co-director James June Schneider (L).

Kim Kane, of The Slickee Boys, in his Interceptor.

Clocking Jeff Nelson’s fastest song.

Marshall Keith (The Slickee Boys) and Dan Palenski on Dan’s “Salad Days” radio broadcast.

HR (Bad Brains) at Madams Organ, 1979. Super-8 freeze frame.

Don Zientara, owner and engineer at Inner Ear Studios.

Skip Groff, owner of Yesterday and Today Records, with a Limp Records compilation.

Left: Ed Jacobs’ Bad Brains inspired tattoos.

Right: Super-8 freeze frame, c.1980. Ed is the unofficial “D.C. punk concert-going record holder”.

Xyra Harper, DJ for WGTB Radio and Editor of the Capitol Crisis zine, interviewing a guest. c.1979.

Left: Microfilm footage.

Right: Bob Boilen of NPR Music and the Tiny Desk Concert series. Bob is a former member of the band Tiny Desk Unit.

Footage from a 2013 broadcast at WMUC Radio with Barbara Rice and Steve Kiviat and callers Sharon Cheslow, Shirley Sexton, and Mike Heath.

Gary Gabriel, of the band Enzymes.

Martha Hull, of the band Slickee Boys, in her record store, Vinyl Acres.

Sharon Cheslow, of the band Chalk Circle and the “If This Goes On” fanzine.

Rupert Chappelle, of Ozone Music and Jobs for America.

Filmmakers Paul Bishow, Sam Lavine, and James June Schneider at the film’s World Premiere at the American Film Institute. Photographer in foreground Nalinee Darmrong. Photographer unknown.

Talking shop.

Filmmaker James June Schneider with Jeff Krulik and Ian MacKaye at the film’s World Premiere at the American Film Institute. Photo by Nalinee Darmrong.

Photo by Nalinee Darmrong.

At the L.A. Premiere.

Filmmakers Sam Lavine and James June Schneider with Abbie Algar at AFI Silver

Ian MacKaye, HR, and Alec MacKaye at the film’s World Premiere at the American Film Institute, June 2019. Photo by Nalinee Darmrong.

L-R: Paul Bishow, Dan Palenski, Mark Noone, Sam Lavine, Martha Hull, Kim Kane, James June Schneider, Marshall Keith, Andy Von Brand, and Chris Rounds at the film’s World Premiere at the American Film Institute. Photo by Bill O’Leary.

L-R: Patricia Ragan (Punk Magazine, Afrika Korps), and Dan Palenski (Slickee Boys, “Salad Days” radio show) at the Byrd Theatre in Richmond, VA, October 2019.

Filmmaker James June Schneider with Hudley Flipside at the Los Angeles premiere.

Sold-out screening at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg, March 2020 (L-R, Tony Rettman, James June Schneider, Brian Baker).

Jeff Nelson and James June Schneider, cutting posters on the road.

Sold-out screening at Third Man Records Cass Corridor in Detroit, October 2019. Panelists included Andy Wendler (guitarist for Necros), Tesco Vee (Touch and Go Records), and Jeff Nelson (Dischord Records, Minor Threat).

James June Schneider and Jeff Nelson in the window of The Real Tinsel in Milwaukee, October 2019.

Lyle Preslar (Minor Threat), Gary Gabriel (Enzymes) and Howard Wuelfing (Nurses)

Molly Burnham (author), Steve Waksman (rock historican), and Julia Cafritz (of Pussy Galore) at a screening in Northhampton, Massachusetts, September 2019.

HR from Bad Brains on screen at AFI Silver

HR (Bad Brains) and Howard Wuelfing (Slickee Boys) at Lightbox Film Center in Philadelphia. February 2020.

Stephanie Weiner, Michael Reidy (Razz), Brendan Canty (Fugazi), and Ian MacKaye at the film’s World Premiere at the American Film Institute. Photo by Nalinee Darmrong.

Don Zeintara (Inner Ear Recording Studio) and Geoff Turner (Gray Matter) at the film’s World Premiere at the American Film Institute. Photo by Nalinee Darmrong.

Leslie Clague, Cynthia Connolly, and Tom Berard at the film’s World Premiere at the American Film Institute. Photo by Nalinee Darmrong.

Russell Braen (Madams Organ venue) and Ian MacKaye at the film’s World Premiere at the American Film Institute. Photo by Nalinee Darmrong.

Amanda MacKaye at the film’s World Premiere at the American Film Institute. Photo by Nalinee Darmrong.

Dianna Quinn and Boyd Farrell at the film’s World Premiere at the American Film Institute.

Lori Carns Hudson and HR at the film’s World Premiere at the American Film Institute. Photo by Nalinee Darmrong.

Screening at the Academy of Music Theatre, Northampton, Massachusetts, September 2019.

Mike from Babylon Burning Screen Printing, Inc. with a VOID screen.

Howard Wuelfing, James June Schneider, Paul Bishow, Gary Gabriel, Lyle Preslar, and John Woods at the NYC premiere. Nitehawk, Oct 2019.

Photo by Garret Linn.

Paul from Lollipop Records and Jack from New Rose Records at the Marseilles, France screening.

Members of the Lyon punk groups Condense and Parkinson Threat at the Lyon, France screening.

Jeff Nelson (Dischord Records, Minor Threat) and Lori Barbero (Babes in Toyland) at the Sound Unseen Film Festival, 2019.