Post-screening discussion with filmmaker Zack Taylor and Mixtape Museum Founder Regan Sommer McCoy
CASSETTE: A DOCUMENTARY MIXTAPE | Zack Taylor, 2016, 87 min.
Now 90 years old and living out a secluded retirement in Holland, cassette inventor Lou Ottens digs through his past to figure out why the audiotape won’t die. Rock veterans like Henry Rollins, Thurston Moore, and Ian MacKaye join a legion of young bands still releasing music on tape to help Lou on his journeys to remember.
Celebrating the rich history and influence of the audiotape, CASSETTE plays out like a mixtape, compiled to honor a revolutionary musical format. Since its introduction in 1963, the cassette has played an important role as music’s first universally recordable medium. And while it has been obsolete for over 20 years, it forever changed the listener’s relationship.
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