SOMETHING BETTER CHANGE

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The story of D.O.A. frontman Joey “Shithead” Keithley, who transitioned from a punk activist musician to politician when he was elected for the Green Party in Burnaby, BC.

In 2018, punk icon Joe Keithley turned art into life by winning a council seat in his Vancouver hometown. When he ran for reelection in 2022, his campaign demonstrated how music can still affect change, even in these surreal times. SOMETHING BETTER CHANGE documents Keithley's 40+ year journey as an activist musician in Canada’s most iconic punk band, and how it informs him as a Green Party politician today.

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Woodstock Film Festival 2024
Sound Unseen 2024
Florida Film Festival 2025

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Scott Crawford has spent much of his life devoted to documenting independent culture. His 2015 debut feature-length documentary, SALAD DAYS: A DECADE OF PUNK IN WASHINGTON, DC was critically-acclaimed, receiving accolades from The New York Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Rolling Stone and others. His follow-up documentary, CREEM: AMERICA'S ONLY ROCK'N'ROLL MAGAZINE, debuted at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival and won several awards during its festival run including the "Spirit of Michigan Award" at the FREEP Film Festival.