The Legend of Cool Disco Dan (2012)
1h 26m
Running Time
January 1, 2012Release Date
The Legend of Cool Disco Dan (2012)
1h 26m
Running Time
January 1, 2012Release Date
Plot.
"The Legend of Cool 'Disco' Dan" is the story of black Washington DC told from the perspective of Cool "Disco" Dan starting with his birth during the civil rights era and follows his life parallel with the rise of Go-Go music through the 1980s (which is the unheard but yet dominant urban music of DC) and also local DC politics with Marion Barry's rise and fall. Despite ending up homeless Cool "Disco" Dan used graffiti to escape the social problems D.C. had in the 1980s when things turned violent and became known as the Murder Capital of the United States. Cool "Disco" Dan ends up as a cult character of DC and his name becomes a symbol of survival during DC's most trying years.
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Cast & Crew.
Henry Rollins
Narrator
Cool 'Disco' Dan
Self
Marion Barry
Self
Chuck Brown
Self
Gregory 'Sugar Bear' Elliott
Self
Big Tony Fisher
Himself
Andre 'Whiteboy' Johnson
Himself
Paul Hendrickson
Self
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The Legend of Cool "Disco" Dan is a 2013 American documentary film written and directed by Joseph Pattisall. The film was released on April 15, 2013 in conjunction with the release of the book Pump Me Up: DC Subculture in the 1980s. The documentary was narrated by Washington, D.C.-native Henry Rollins. The Legend of Cool "Disco" Dan provides a documentation of Washington, D.C. during the 1970s and 1980s from the perspective of Cool "Disco" Dan, and blends commentary by local Washingtonians combined with archival footage, forming a comprehensive portrait of this time period.