CHICAGO– Doc10, the annual Chicago documentary film festival, opens on May 2nd, 2024, with a new documentary about the famous avant garde rock band entitled “DEVO,” directed by Chris Smith. who will appear live, with the band participating via Zoom. Click DEVO for more information and tickets.
This spirited and irreverent portrait of the legendary new wave ban DEVO charts the unlikely rise of the musical innovators from Akron, Ohio. From Kent State radicals in the 1970s, galvanized by political unrest, to unlikely icons of the 1980s, featured in Honda Scooter commercials and mainstays of the early days of MTV… they are not men, they are DEVO. The film is directed by Chris Smith, known for his breakout debut “American Movie,” and goes beyond the typical bio-doc to channel the absurdity and edginess of the sonic provocateurs of DEVO, with the help of their own bizarre and hilarious archival materials. “Whip it, whip it good!”
’DEVO’ is the Opening Night Film for the 2024 Doc10
Photo credit: Doc10.org
The 2024 Doc10 festival will take place Thursday, May 2 through Sunday, May 5 at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Downtown Chicago and the Davis Theater in Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood. For the complete list of documentaries and schedule, click 2024 DOC 10.
 | By PATRICK McDONALD |