Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Nightclub (2008)

Director:

Dean Budnick

Release Date:

14 March 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

On February 16, 1989 Larry Bloch and a team of novices achieved something unique in a former Chineese-food...

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Mabili Kregg Ajamu	...	Himself
Rob Barraco	...	Himself
Chris Barron	...	Himself
Tim Barry	...	Himself
Larry Bloch	...	Himself
Steve Bloom	...	Himself
Rob Bookman	...	Himself
Marty Bostoff	...	Himself
Marc Brownstein	...	Himself
Oteil Burbridge	...	Himself
Edward Cisneros	...	Himself
Aaron Comess	...	Himself
Rob Derhak	...	Himself
Carole De Saram	...	Herself
Mike Doughty	...	Himself
Jimmy Drescher	...	Himself
Walter Durkacz	...	Himself
John Dwork	...	Himself
Steve Eichner	...	Himself
Richard Gehr	...	Himself
Mike Gordon	...	Himself
Jon Gutwillig	...	Himself
Isaac Hanson	...	Himself
Taylor Hanson	...	Himself
Zac Hanson	...	Himself
Warren Haynes	...	Himself
Vince Herman	...	Himself
Nick Hexum	...	Himself
Brendan Hill	...	Himself
David Hoffman	...	Himself
Kenneth Jackson	...	Himself
Joel Johnson	...	Himself
Randy Jones	...	Himself
Chan Kinchla	...	Himself
Eric Krasno	...	Himself
Dave Matthews	...	Himself
Jeff Mattson	...	Himself
John Medeski	...	Himself
Ryan Miller	...	Himself
Michael Musto	...	Himself
Dave Nolan	...	Himself
Danny Owen	...	Himself
Sherri Kohl Owles	...	Herself
John Popper	...	Himself
Robert Randolph	...	Himself
Andrew Rasiej	...	Himself
Cindy Rosin	...	Herself
Jenny Rubin	...	Herself
Darius Rucker	...	Himself
Joe Russo	...	Himself
Joe Sarkis	...	Himself
Eric Schenkman	...	Himself
Al Schnier	...	Himself
Dave Schools	...	Himself
Peter Shapiro	...	Himself
Jim 'Soni' Sonefeld	...	Himself
Terry Stewart	...	Himself
Vinnie Stigma	...	Himself
Jake Szufnarowski	...	Himself
Denise Teperino	...	Herself
Ricky Tepperberg	...	Himself
Ahmir-Khalib Thompson	...	Himself
Jon Topper	...	Himself
Derek Trucks	...	Himself
Bob Weir	...	Himself
Adam Weissman	...	Himself
Kirk West	...	Himself
Mark White	...	Himself
Eric Wilson	...	Himself
Chris Zahn	...	Himself

Runtime:

USA:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Filming Locations:

Bogota, New Jersey, USA

Company:

A View of You

Trivia:

Won Best Unreleased Film at the 2006 High Times Stony Awards

Quotes:

John Dwork: I'll remember Wetlands Preserve as a beautiful flower growing in a crack of concrete.

Soundtrack:

Go Children Slow

Excellent Documentary

This was an amazing film. I am a big fan of the Spin Doctors and have read about how they always played at the Wetlands. I would have liked to get a chance to go to The Wetlands, but I was just a baby when it opened and operated. It was fascinating to learn more about the club. Bands playing until 4 in the morning is just insane! It is a shame that this historic club and activism center was turned into condominiums. As Hootie and the Blowfish said: Doesn't New York have enough apartments?! Not only did Dean Budnick manage to gather footage and pictures from performances at Wetlands, he even got interviews with almost every single band that played there. I thoroughly enjoyed this film. Try and see it if you haven't already. And if you ever went to the Wetlands, it may bring back some great memories for you.

peace.

:)