40 Watts from Nowhere

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This special limited edition slipcover is limited to 500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Factory 25, a Brooklyn-based independent film distribution company was founded in 2009 by Matt Grady. F25 is a home for conceptually provocative narratives and documentaries. Its mission is to deliver specialized film and music titles in an aesthetically captivating way while exposing the indie world to under-the-radar films, music, and other curiosities in various ways and formats — theatrically, digitally, on TV, VOD, via subscription, limited edition DVDs,  Blu-ray's, books and vinyl. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing this diverse and unique home video line!

“Back in the day, corporate rock radio stations only played what they wanted you to hear. But in the mid-‘90s a group of punk rock legends and local kids from an L.A. neighborhood took matters into their own hands, took over the airwaves and played whatever the hell they wanted. It was against the law, it was against the grain, and it was run out of an apartment closet—but it was the best goddamn music you could hear on the FM dial!” —Jack Black, Executive Producer

Frustrated by what she was hearing on commercial radio, Sue Carpenter built a 40-watt FM station in 1995 and ran it out of her apartment in Los Angeles, exploiting a legal case that allowed hundreds of low-power illegal radio operators to proliferate throughout the country and gave birth to the legal LPFM movement. Carpenter was 28 years old, a secretary and an aspiring journalist when she first set up KBLT and invited strangers into her house to spin whatever the hell they wanted. It soon took on a life of its own, drawing Mazzy Star to headline a benefit concert and the Red Hot Chili Peppers to play live in her living room.

directed by: Sue Carpenter
starring: Sue Carpenter, Mike Watt, Keith Morris, Don Bolles, Bob Forrest, Tom Morello, Stephen Dunifer, Joel Selvin, Camille Rose Garcia, Chris Wagganer
2026 / 89 min / 1.78:1 / English DTS-HD MA 2.0

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Deleted Scenes
• 32 page booklet with an intro by Mike Watt, an interview with Sue Carpenter by Richie Unterberger and original playlists from KBLT
• English subtitles