A history of documentaries that are truly punk rock

Regular readers may have noticed I have a bit of a fondness for documentaries (and narrative works) dealing with punk/hardcore music themes. Whether that's straight docs like American Hardcore or more niche ones such as Taquacore - The Birth of Punk Islam I'm usually up for giving such films a shot. To the extent that I sat through a full screening of Class of 1984 just because it was screening as part of the book launch of the fantastic Destroy All Movies!!! The Complete Guide to Punks on Film. So it was a positive surprise when a friend on Twitter reminded me about Amazon's film blog. Not because of the blog itself, but because of a truly fantastic writeup of punk documentaries written by Paul Gaita. Normally I don't post strictly to point readers to another article. But in this case if you share any of my interest in this genre you'll want to take a read through his comprehensive piece. And he's so right about what a sad state it is that some of the best efforts in this space (such as The Decline of Western Civilization is not available on DVD). I remember watching some of the films mentioned on VHS with friends in high school. Others I've yet to see. But it's a roadmap of viewing well worth bookmarking in your browser.