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[25.6.05] [Andrew Gallix]
A CALL TO ARMS
 Don Letts's new film, PUNK: attitude, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April, is to be broadcast for the first time by the Independent Film Channel on Saturday 9 July (10pm ET/11pm PT). In the press release, Don Letts claims that "The only reason to reflect on the past is to see a way forward. This film is like a call to arms. Many young people today have forgotten how to empower themselves. They're served innocuous helpings of MTV, which by its very ideology, is devoid of politics or anything radical. As punks, we said, 'Never trust anyone over 30,' but sometimes I think it should be 'Never trust anyone under 30.' A lot of young people are so 'establishment' now. If a punk attitude happened back then it can happen again and, looking at the situation today, it sure needs to!" The film chronicles the rise of punk and its legacy, and includes, inter alia, Tommy Ramone (The Ramones), Glen Matlock and Steve Jones (The Sex Pistols), Mick Jones and Paul Simonon (The Clash), Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders), Henry Rollins (Black Flag), Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), David Johansen (New York Dolls), Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys), Siouxie Sioux (The Banshees), Captain Sensible (The Damned), John Cale (The Velvet Underground), Howard Devoto and Pete Shelley (The Buzzcocks), writer Legs McNeil, rock photographer Bob Gruen and filmmaker Jim Jarmusch.
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