Revenge of the Mekons

Revenge of the Mekons is a documentary about the legendary, rabble-rousing punk band that, four decades into an unlikely career, continue to make unpredictable, critically acclaimed music. The film charts the band’s mid-’80s reincarnation as the unlikely progeny of Hank Williams (a development that inspired journalists to coin the term alt country) and captures the restless imagination that has led the Mekons to create—collectively, individually and in collaboration with others—paintings, sculptures, theater pieces, even a group novel.