Special Screening

EVERYTHING…FOR ALL REASONS

Directed by Scott Ballew

USA, 2019, 1h 5min, DCP

Special Screening

There are no current or future screenings planned for this film.

Join us for a special screening with a Q&A with filmmaker Scott Ballew and musician Joe Ely and an introduction by The Contemporary Austin’s Andrea Mellard.

Cult musician and artist Terry Allen is revered by the world’s creative elite, but is far from a household name. Fringe even in the fringe world of artists, musicians, and renegades of the 70’s, Terry’s voice is perhaps just now reaching the audience it deserves. ‘Everything…. For All Reasons’ sheds a comprehensive light on his body of work and life, and is punctuated with songs from a star studded concert at Austin’s Paramount Theater. Almost the antithesis of the Rock N Roll cliché, Allen shares the stage with his wife of 55 years, two sons, and life-long friends. The film includes behind-the-scenes rehearsals and interviews with legendary musicians that collaborate and have been influenced by Terry – David Byrne (Talking Heads), Joe Ely (Flatlanders), Lloyd Maines, Charlie Sexton, and Ryan Bingham. All pieced together to answer the question who the Hell is Terry Allen, and why haven’t you heard of him?

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