SF videographer Mike Kavanaugh screened "FARMCORE - The Movie: Punk Rock History of the SF Farm" on Thursday, November 30th at 7pm at the Roxie Film Center (3117 16th St, at Valencia). "Farmcore" is a documentary that tells the story of San Francisco's legendary Farm, located in the Mission District during the 1980s. It documents the punk scene and the staff’s struggles to keep the doors open while battling a greedy landlord and hostile police. The Farm hosted punk shows that featured such bands as the Dead Kennedys, Bad Brains, Black Flag, MDC, DRI, Circle Jerks and Butthole Surfers. After all other major punk clubs in the city had been shut down, the Farm raged on until late 1987, when it became an early victim of Mission District gentrification and “live-work” loft conversion schemes. In its heyday, the Farm provided a place for community gardens, an urban barnyard, an art gallery, child daycare center, and a multicultural community space. The screening was, in part, a benefit for Indybay, which needs to raise funds to help pay for server hosting costs.

Roxie Film Center