New Feature-Length Doc on DEVO

BMG, Fremantle Documentaries and Warner Music Entertainment (WME) have unveiled their first collaborative feature film: DEVO.

Produced by VICE Studios and Library Films in association with Mutato Entertainment, DEVO chronicles the story of the eponymous band—from their formation in the aftermath of the Kent State massacre through their years as politically driven outsiders into their breakout hit, “Whip It.”

It is directed by Chris Smith (Sr., American Movie, Fyre, Tiger King, 100 Foot Wave) and produced by Anita Greenspan and Chris Holmes for Mutato Entertainment.

Executive producers are William Kennedy, Stuart Souter, and Kathy Rivkin Daum for BMG, Mandy Chang (Mystify: Michael Hutchence, Writing With Fire, The Fourth Estate, Welcome to Chechnya) for Fremantle Documentaries, and at Warner Music Group, Charlie Cohen for WME and Mark Pinkus for Rhino Entertainment.

Smith commented, “DEVO was a huge influence on me. Their approach to music, film, video and art was something I had never seen before and was one of the truly formative artistic influences that showed me there were entirely new ways to look at things.”