JAY RETARD IS BETTER THAN SOMETHING

SYNOPSIS

BETTER THAN SOMETHING is a feature
documentary about the controversial and prolific garage rock icon Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr, better known to the world as Jay Reatard. This intimate portrait, captured just months before his untimely passing, brings us incredibly close to Jay's complicated punk-rock world in Memphis, Tennessee. BETTER THAN SOMETHING eloquently interweaves cinéma vérité, interviews, and archival concert performances, and features scenes from an insightful and candid week spent with Jay, who reveals personal childhood stories and the struggles of life in Memphis.

SCREENINGS
February 18:

Big Sky Documentary Festival, Missoula, MT

February 28:

The Earl, Atlanta, GA

Jack of the Wood, Asheville, NC

March 1:

The Holland, Reno, NV

March 2-8:

Nitehawk Cinema, Brooklyn, NY

Malco Studio on the Square, Memphis, TN

Grand Illusion Cinema, Seattle, WA

Clinton Street Theater, Portland, OR

March 8-11:

American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

March 9-10: 

Pickford Film Center, Bellingham, WA

March 10-12:

FilmBar, Phoenix, AZ

March 15: 

Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH

March 22: 

Kings, Raleigh, NC

March 26: 

Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, Austin, TX

April 11-12:

Roxie Theater, San Francisco, CA