Sound Unseen Returns With New Films About Big Boys, Sara Bareilles, and More 57%
By Richard Whittaker62%
7/20/2026, 10:45:06 PM
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Big Boys in West Texas on the way to California in 1982.
Joe Salinas and Andrew Leeper’s new documentary about the Big Boys, You Can Color Outside the Lines , will screen August 7 at the Sound Unseen Festival.
Sound Unseen, the film festival dedicated to the best movies about music, has returned with a new, extended playlist.
After taking a hiatus in 2025, the festival is back in Austin bigger than ever, running Aug. 6-9 and opening with a special 20th anniversary screening of The Chicks: Shut Up and Sing .
Founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1999, Sound Unseen expanded to Austin in 2020 under festival director and longtime Austinite Jim Brunzell, bringing with it films as diverse as the Texas premiere of Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. and Austin filmmaker Katherine Propper’s rap odyssey Lost Soulz .
This year’s lineup kicks off with that Shut Up and Sing retrospective, looking back at the harassment the Chicks faced after criticizing America’s foreign policy under fellow Texan President George W.
Bush, and how they responded with strength, dignity, and kick-ass country music.
The local connections don’t end there, as the festival will also include a public screening of Big Boys doc You Can Color Outside the Lines , looking back at the Austin band that pioneered skate punk while breaking all the rules about what being a punk band meant.
The festival will continue to explore the history of music with two documentaries about pivotal figures in chart history who rocked the world when they were teens.
There’s a rare big screen outing for Janis Ian: Breaking Silence , the American Masters documentary about the folk revolutionary turned queer rights advocate.
Don’t Forget Me highlights the often-overlooked importance of pioneering rock star Eddie Cochran.
The film, which recently premiered at London’s Raindance Festival, shows how the genius behind “Summertime Blues,” “C’mon Everybody,” and “Somethin’ Else” changed rock & roll and became a pivotal influence on punk even decades after his death at the age of 21.
Another forgotten figure, this time one best known for his behind-the-scenes work, gets the spotlight with BP Fallon Rock ‘n’ Roll Wizard , chronicling the life and career of the Irish DJ, publicist, musician, and trendsetter.
The Song of Hiawatha: The Life and High Times of the First Black Hippie heads to Detroit for its profile of Hiawatha Bailey, whose impact on culture goes beyond founding proto-punks the Cult Heroes, as explained by friends and fans of the queer pioneer including Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, and Wayne Kramer.
(Bailey will be in attendance at Saturday’s screening.)
Yet Sound Unseen is not just about history.
Fresh off its premiere at this year’s Tribeca, Sara Bareilles: Good Grief goes inside the studio with the singer-songwriter-pianist as she records her upcoming album, Good Grief , due out on Aug.
28.
The fest program also includes a Saturday shorts block featuring films by and of local artists like Mama Duke, Meat Joy, and Tele Novella.
Sound Unseen runs Aug. 6-9 at AFS Cinema.
Passes and tickets at soundunseenaustin.com .
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