Edge Perpectives on drug free culture (DVD,

28 years after the band Minor Threat released the song ‘Straight Edge’, the counterculture known as Straight Edge has become a worldwide phenomenon that unites individuals rejecting all forms of intoxication. Through interviews with musicians that directly shaped the idea of Straight Edge from its inception until today, EDGE - perspectives on drug free culture reveals that the abstinence from drugs was established as a youth counter culture rejecting a society dominated by substance abuse and hegemony. Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi), Ray Cappo (Youth of Today, Shelter) and Karl Buechner (Earth Crisis, Freya) give witness to their perception of the history of Straight Edge, why it was so important to them and what it changed in their personal and professional careers. Furthermore, EDGE explores the lives of 9 individuals, that identify as Straight Edge. Their reasons range from negative experiences with drugs to maintaining a healthy lifestyle to political reasons. Through a very close and personal look into their daily lives, we see how their decision to live ‘poison free’ has changed the world for them. But how do people discover Straight Edge? How do women experience Straight Edge subculture? What social backgrounds are shared by people new to the scene and what makes someone turn Straight Edge? How does mainstream culture perceive this movement? EDGE is looking for answers to these questions on a roadtrip behind and beyond the scenes of the Straight Edge subculture.

DVD with reversal cover and booklet of 12 pages with extensive information about the cast. DVD-content: documentary, script & direction: Marc Pierschel, Michael Kirchner, Playing time: 162 minutes, Extras: Deleted Scenes (Kurt Schroeder, Kelly Leonard, Sean Muttaqi, Bill French), Extended Interviews (Ian MacKaye, Ray Cappo, Ross Haenfler, Kent McClard), Audio-comments with the directors Michael Kirchner and Marc Pierschel, Premiere in the Helen Mills Theatre in New York City, Making of EDGE, Region code: Code free, Image format: 16:9 (PAL), Sound: Hifi Stereo, Language: English, Subtitles: German, English, French, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Malay, Polish, Portuguease, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Belarusan.