Cleveland, Ohio - Filmmaker Todd Thompson will be previewing his new Beatles documentary at the Cleveland International Film Festival, according to a press release.
The documentary “PRE FAB!” follows how Colin Hanton joined John Lennon in the band that would eventually turn into The Beatles, the release says.Hanton, a drummer, joined Lennon in The Quarry Men and acts as the documentary’s guide as he takes viewers through the early days of Skiffle music.
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This lively doc goes back in time to mid-century Liverpool, where young drummer Colin Hanton helped pioneer the post-war “skiffle music” craze and joined a little band called The Quarrymen in the 1950s; that band would later go on to become The Beatles and change the face of rock ‘n’ roll forever. —M.G.
Growing up in post-WWII Liverpool, Colin Hanton was one of the few kids in his community with a drum kit. As his generation became infatuated with emerging pop music, this gave him and his friends a front row seat to the birth of The Beatles, which evolved from some of the founding members of The Quarrymen. Featuring interviews with Hanton, a host of The Beatles’ earliest collaborators, and the legendary Paul McCartney, PRE FAB! brings light to the band’s creation, along with the conditions and influences that resulted in the sound that changed the future of rock ‘n’ roll. The film not only celebrates The Beatles’ first days, but also a generation that helped shape an entire music genre. —C.F. (Clevelandfilm.org)
We’re going to be doing some partnerships with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame it looks like so it’s going to be a really nice experience and journey for us now that the film is finally done,” Thompson said.
“Not only do I attribute a lot of my creative inspiration to growing up in Cleveland, but the film is a perfect fit for the town named Rock-n-Roll Capital of the world,” Thompson said.
PRE FAB! will screen at 2:40 p.m. on Sunday, March 26 at the KeyBank State Theater.
CIFF47 will take place March 22-April 1, 2023 at Playhouse Square, followed by CIFF47 Streams, presented by PNC, April 2-9, 2023 online. The in-person Festival will showcase 121 feature films and 199 short films representing 67 countries during its 11-day run. CIFF47 Streams will present nearly two-thirds of its in-person feature films, along with its full lineup of in-person short films.
Be sure to continue to check clevelandfilm.org for program updates between now and April 9th.
