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FUGS FILM! + ScreenTalk with director Chuck Smith

Doc'n Roll Film Festival 2026

A roll of film negative showing the group Fugs, with the central panel highlighted in a frame of red pen.

A poetic portrait of The Fugs, the overlooked yet hugely influential 1960s band that put the punk into folk and pushed rock ’n’ roll into radical new territory.

Poets Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg, alongside drummer Ken Weaver, became fearless champions of free speech, provoking radio bans and FBI surveillance with their anti-war songs and infamous attempt to levitate the Pentagon. Featuring rare performance footage and interviews with Aline and R. Crumb, Bob Dylan, Lenny Kaye and Chris Stein, the film celebrates The Fugs’ anarchic humour, political defiance and enduring, uncompromising cry for freedom.

We are delighted that this screening of FUGS FILM! will also be followed by a ScreenTalk with director Chuck Smith.

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Ticket prices

Standard
£17.50 (£16 + £1.50 transaction fee)
* Excludes £1.50 booking fee

Booking fees

£1.50 booking fee per online/phone transaction.

No fee when tickets are booked in person.

Booking fees are per transaction and not per ticket. If your booking contains several events the highest booking fee will apply. The booking fee may be reduced on certain events. Members do not pay booking fees.

Cinema 1

Location
Barbican Cinema 1 is located within the main Barbican building on Level -2. Head to Level G and walk towards the Lakeside Terrace where you’ll find stairs and lifts to take you down to the venue floor.   

Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.