WEIRDO: THE STORY OF FIVE EIGHT Documentary & Q&A

Join us for the feature documentary WEIRDO: THE STORY OF FIVE EIGHT followed by filmmaker Q&A and a brief acoustic Five Eight performance.

WEIRDO: THE STORY OF FIVE EIGHT is the story of Mike Mantione’s mental breakdown in his twenties and how picking up a guitar after leaving a psychiatric hospital saved his life. Decades later, he’s still making great music and his band — Five Eight — is doing vital work.

Like the hyper child of Anvil: The Story of Anvil and The Devil and Daniel Johnston, this movie is a love letter to the act of creativity and the power of working with people that you love. It’s about mental health struggles, creative triumphs, overcoming addiction and finding comedy in the chaos.