Gravitas Ventures Acquires Rights To ‘Don’t Fall In Love With Yourself,’ About Musician-Artist And “Cult Celebrity” Justin Pearson: “Audiences… May Have Their Minds Blown”
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. and Canadian distribution rights to Don’t Fall in Love With Yourself, a documentary about influential musician-artist-actor Justin Pearson.
Gravitas plans to release the film, directed by Jon Nix, on August 20 through its “hybrid distribution system,” across Comcast, Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, Spectrum, Apple TV, Dish, Google Play, DirecTV, and more. “Don’t Fall in Love With Yourself tracks Pearson’s unique journey,” Gravitas notes, “from childhood tragedy through his roots in the San Diego punk scene as a key member of several bands and music projects (Swing Kids, The Locust, Dead Cross, and Retox, among them), as an actor opposite Asia Argento, an infamous appearance on The Jerry Springer Show, and impact on other artists through the creation and ahead-of-its-time promotion of his record label, Three One G Records – all culminating in his ultimate rise to cult celebrity status.
An in-depth look at an unexpected and influential career made out of blood, sweat and spit.” In a statement, Nix said, “Don’t Fall in Love With Yourself is a film that I had wanted to make for years.
I was inspired by my fascination with San Diego noise music and so many stories I found about it kept leading me to Justin Pearson.
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