Overview

• Chris Smith’s 90‑minute feature is now streaming, built around new interviews with Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale and a trove of archival material.
• The film recounts how the 1970 Kent State shootings galvanized the founders and shaped the band’s antiestablishment, de‑evolution worldview.
• Archival clips feature prominent admirers including David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Neil Young.
• Critics highlight the documentary’s straightforward assembly and note its corporate funding by Warner Music and BMG, which frames a catalog‑promotional context.
• The release ties into the Cosmic De‑Evolution Tour with The B‑52s, scheduled to run from Sept. 24 in Toronto through Nov. 2 in Houston.