Rock My Religion

Synopsis

Rock My Religion is a provocative thesis on the relation between religion and rock music in contemporary culture. Graham formulates a history that begins with the Shakers, an early religious community who practiced self-denial and ecstatic trance dances. With the "reeling and rocking" of religious revivals as his point of departure, Graham analyzes the emergence of rock music as religion with the teenage consumer in the isolated suburban milieu of the 1950s, locating rock's sexual and ideological context in post-World War II America. The music and philosophies of Patti Smith, who made explicit the trope that rock is religion, are his focus. This complex collage of text, film footage and performance forms a compelling theoretical essay on the ideological codes and historical contexts that inform the cultural phenomenon of rock 'n' roll music.

Main Cast

Dan Graham

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Johanna Cypis

Narrator

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Patti Smith

Age : 77 | Popularity : 5%

Jim Morrison

Age : 27 | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Music	Kim Gordon Glenn Branca
Writing	Idea	Kim Gordon Thurston Moore Kristin Lovejoy
	Writer	Dan Graham
Directing	Director	Dan Graham
Production	Producer	Dan Graham
Department	Role	Name

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