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In the coming weeks, I’ll be doing my best to showcase all the musicians who appear in my feature documentary “Hank’s Saloon”.

First up: Brooklyn’s own Apache Brown Band performing “Be My Husband”. Live at Hank’s Saloon, December 2, 2018.

As things progress, you will be able to watch all the performances here.

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As a grassroots indie filmmaker who spent literal years holed up in a small room creating a movie—and always wondering how it would go over—there is nothing wilder or more fulfilling than sitting back and watching it unfold in real time in front of a packed theater.

Thank you, Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park, for bringing back “Hank’s Saloon” for yet another big sold-out screening!

And thank you to the literal hundreds of people who came and made this night one to remember.

To find out about our upcoming, much more secret screenings of “Hank’s Saloon”, sign up here

On March 1st, I got to discuss my feature documentary “Hank’s Saloon”, with New York City’s own New York Hardcore Chronicles podcast!

Hosted by acclaimed director Drew Stone (“All Ages: The Boston Hardcore Film”, “Who the Fuck Is That Guy? The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago”, and “The New York Hardcore Chronicles”, among many others), the show also featured special appearances by two characters from the film: former Hank’s booker Lee Greenfeld of Dead Flowers Productions, and writer/musician Benjamin Howard Smith of the legendary New York City band The Brought Low.

To watch, just click the video at right, or go here.

More info about “Hank’s Saloon”

Wednesday, March 4

“HANK’S SALOON”

at

Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park

UPDATE: This screening has SOLD OUT.

In the wake of our two sold-out World Premiere shows last month, our friends at Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park are bringing back my feature documentary “Hank’s Saloon” for one more night.

See you there!

My feature documentary “HANK’S SALOON” celebrated its World Premiere on Monday, January 26th at Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York.

The afterparty, held in Nitehawk’s Trees Lounge bar, was truly epic.

The official party photos are now online, courtesy of Désirée De Sade.

View the Photos Here

At Last!

My feature documentary “Hank’s Saloon” will make its World Premiere on Monday, January 26 at Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York.

UPDATE: Both Jan. 26th screenings have SOLD OUT.

There will be a Premiere Party, concurrent with both screenings, in Nitehawk’s Trees Lounge bar, featuring DJ CProdG.

The party will be open to the general public—even if you don’t have a ticket to the movie—starting around 8 pm.

More Info Here

On November 14, 2025, I celebrated the opening of my first-ever photography show.

My new photo series, “Professional Exhibitionist”, is currently on display at Gallery 198 in Brooklyn, as part of the group show In•Habit, through the end of November.

The series stars Renna Mae, a 73-year-old artist and native New Yorker who has worked professionally as a nude model since the early 1970s. As part of the exhibit, I also debuted a 15-minute mini-documentary film about her. Because of nudity restrictions on YouTube, I can’t embed the video here, but you can watch the full video here.

TC Edwards—a Black autistic man obsessed with being a heavy metal singer—was a beloved fixture in Little Rock, Arkansas’ vibrant underground music scene, and the best friend of indie filmmaker Mike Poe. The two were inseparable until, in 2014, tragedy struck.

Last month I was hired to help Mike organize and compile his literal decades of raw footage, with the goal of eventually completing a documentary about TC. Here’s a preliminary teaser I created, as a proof-of-concept of Mike’s vision.

If you want to help him continue this project, please consider donating here

More info: tcismetal.com