ZAPPA

With unfettered access to the Zappa family trust and all archival footage, ZAPPA explores the private life behind the mammoth musical career that never shied away from the political turbulence of its time. Frank Zappa was not only a creative genius but also a great and eloquent thinker who articulated the madness of his times with extraordinary clarity and wit.

The documentary assembles a vast collection of unreleased music, movies, incomplete projects, unseen interviews and unheard concert recordings, combined with present-day interviews with Frank’s widow, closest friends and musical collaborators, including Mike Keneally, Ian Underwood, Steve Vai, Pamela Des Barres, Bunk Gardner, David Harrington, Scott Thunes, Ruth Underwood, Ray White and others. The result is a narrative that is both intimate and epic in scope; a thoroughly modern exploration of a man whose worldview, art and politics were far ahead of their time, and profoundly relevant today.