Persecution Blues: the Battle for the Tote!

PUNK, PASSION, POLITICS AND PUBLIC PROTEST COLLIDE, IN THIS DOCUMENTARY DEPICTING THE FIGHT TO SAVE ROCK AND ROLL IN MELBOURNE.

6.3/10 2011 4K 57 min

Documentary • Music

In 2010, the iconic Tote Hotel – last bastion of Melbourne’s vibrant music counterculture – was forced to close by unfair laws. Filmed over 7 years, “Persecution Blues” depicts the struggle of more than 20,000 fans – and the bands who inspire them – to preserve their history and protect their future, and puts the audience on the front line of an epic-scale culture war.

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