Acting

Kid Congo Powers

Acting credits

Wings of Desire poster
7.8

Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds — with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk — that it might be possible for him to take human form.

Wings of Desire

1987

Scumbag poster
2.8

A young hipster wannabe-superstar dj, Phil, takes on a day job at a telemarketing company, working with crazy people, ex-prisoners, drug addicts and murderers. The time on his life begins to tick as he battles addiction, fights the law and tries to maintain the only sane thing left in his life, his girlfriend, Christine.

Scumbag

2017

Swans: Where Does a Body End? poster
7.9

From their roots as a brutal, confrontational industrial band, through breakups and chaos, to their odds-defying current status as one of the most accomplished and ambitious bands in the world, one whose concerts are more like ecstatic rituals than nostalgic trips. SWANS has always been a collection of singular performers, but there's been one constant since its formation in 1982--singer, songwriter Michael Gira. 'Where Does a Body End?' is a SWANS documentary with unfettered access to hundreds of hours of Gira/SWANS archives of never-seen-before recordings, videos, and photographs. An unfiltered story of a life in the arts, frequent difficulty spanning decades without a safety net, creating work because Gira says "What else am I going to do?"

Swans: Where Does a Body End?

2019

Blue Is Beautiful poster
7.0

Made with Washington DC's notorious gospel-punk outfit The Make-Up. The musicians seek "creative asylum" in a subcultural womb. This road movie is, in the words of a Parisian critic, "comme si Foucault roulait avec les situationistes dans le Scooby-Doo Van". It is both a lyrical document of a time and space(s) which no longer exist as well as a record of one of the most kick-ass bands on earth.

Blue Is Beautiful

1997

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NR

This remastered edition highlights the extensive video material, featuring restored archival music videos and a dedicated documentary produced for this release. Alongside the visual content, the album is presented in surround sound and includes a selection of bonus tracks.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Good Son

1990

The Road to God Knows Where poster
6.5

Documentary of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' 1989 tour of America.

The Road to God Knows Where

1990

Die Haut - Sweat poster
NR

Die Haut filmed live at Tempodrom, Berlin, August 1992. Featuring guest vocalists Alexander Hacke, Anita Lane, Blixa Bargeld, Kid Congo Powers, Lydia Lunch and Nick Cave.

Die Haut - Sweat

1994

No artwork available
NR

This remastered edition highlights the extensive video material, featuring restored archival music videos and a dedicated documentary produced for this release. Alongside the visual content, the album is presented in surround sound and includes a selection of bonus tracks.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Tender Prey

1988

Ghost on the Highway: A Portrait of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club poster
4.0

A biographical study of seminal punk blues singer Jeffrey Lee Pierce and his band the Gun Club.

Ghost on the Highway: A Portrait of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club

2006

Kings of Independence poster
NR

Live footage with three bands: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Crime And The City Solution, Swans. Recorded at Knopf's Music Hall, Hamburg, August 15th, 1987.

Kings of Independence

1987

No artwork available
NR

Don't Bring A Dog shows a part of the New York underground music scene - rooted in the early eighties - existing apart from MTV and billboard charts. Music, interviews, sounds and pictures of the city blend into a collage. Don't Bring A Dog works like a time capsule of people and music in NY at a particular moment

Don't Bring A Dog

1997

Death By Unnatural Causes poster
NR

A visceral homage to those living and dying under the shadow of AIDS in a world run amok.

Death By Unnatural Causes

1991

Once & Future Queen poster
4.9

This film follows the life of a mentally ill street itinerant whose name is not worthy of mention. When not sleeping in the gutters of Manhattan's Lower East Side, our protagonist keeps busy juggling her schedule of drug abuse, trips to her shrink, and stealing from those misguided souls who, after taking pity on her, allow her temporary shelter in their homes.

Once & Future Queen

2000

The Cramps: Live in New York poster
NR

The Cramps perform live from NYC's Mudd Club in 1981. Highlights include: "TV Set", "Goo Goo Muck" and "I Was a Teenage Werewolf".

The Cramps: Live in New York

1981

What Is A Group? poster
NR

"WHAT IS A GROUP?" is a film by Ian F Svenonius which shows a rock 'n' roll band creating a record in the studio. "What is a Group?", narrated by alien life forms, is the first ever Sci-Fi documentary. Starring Katie Alice Greer, Daniele Yandel, Kid Congo Powers, Alex Minoff, Michelle Mae, Mary Timony, and the group CHAIN & THE GANG.

What Is A Group?

2016

Dear Diablo poster
NR

An angsty teen accidentally calls on the devil when being forced into a belated baptism.

Dear Diablo

2024

1984 Home Movie: The Gun Club on the Road poster
NR

1984 Home Move: Gun Club on the Road includes never-before-seen footage of the band backstage and onstage during their legendary 1984 tour. This classic line-up only stayed together for this one album, featuring original drummer Terry Graham, as well as guitar from Kid Congo Powers (The Cramps, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) and bassist Patricia Morrison (Sisters of Mercy).

1984 Home Movie: The Gun Club on the Road

2022