Experience "Before It Was Cool: The Brooklyn Beat at Lauterbach’s," a documentary chronicling the vibrant early 1980s Brooklyn music scene centered around a local dive bar. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with directors Michael West and Lia Komakhidze, offering deeper insights into the film and the forgotten chapter of New York's music history it portrays.

Before It Was Cool: The Brooklyn Beat at Lauterbach’s with Michael West (Director), Lia Komakhidze (Director)

This film explores the early 1980s when Lauterbach’s, a small dive bar on Prospect Avenue, became the unlikely epicenter of a musical revolution, fostering a fiercely creative community of musicians inventing "The Brooklyn Beat." Through intimate interviews, archival footage, and vibrant animation, it resurrects a scene that never sought the spotlight but left a lasting imprint on Brooklyn’s identity.