DOC'N ROLL FILM FEST PRESENTS - UK PREMIERE An exploration of the life, music and artistic output of Stuart Gray (AKA Stu Spasm), the notorious underground rocker and sometime member of The Beasts of Bourbon and Salamander Jim who went on to create the most psychotronic group ever to emerge from Australia – the legendary proto-grunge rockets Lubricated Goat. Shot over 20 years, the film features archival footage, photos, interviews, Gray’s idiosyncratic sculptures and paintings, and live performance footage including Gray’s current New York City-based band, The Art Gray Noizz Quintet. I Should Have Been Dead Years Ago is the story of a restlessly intelligent, fearlessly rule-breaking, compulsively creative iconoclast who finds artistic redemption despite failing to achieve commercial success. Featuring insights from friends and admirers Mark Arm and Steve Turner of Mudhoney.

DOC'N ROLL FILM FEST PRESENTS - UK PREMIERE Goddess of Slide: The Forgotten Story of Ellen McIlwaine is a feature documentary about the legendary – and now largely forgotten – Canadian singer and musician who fought for her right to play the slide guitar, a male-dominated instrument in a male-dominated world. Eight months after arriving in Greenwich Village with no prospects, she found herself opening for the biggest blues legends in the world, including Odetta, Richie Havens and Mississippi John Hurt. But it would be the six magical nights that a young, fearless, red-headed McIlwaine ignited the stage with Jimi Hendrix that would change the course of her life. This is an intimate look at a pioneering performer whose road trip to stardom and long career deserves a rightful place in music history.