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BLACK NEEDLE NOISE at SXSW

Go behind the scenes with John Fryer’s Black Needle Noise music collective in their first ever live performances at the 2019 South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX.
Legendary producer John Fryer, who has worked with talents including Depeche Mode, Cocteau Twins, Nine Inch Nails, and many others, joins the stage with Sean Haezebrouck, Johnny Tone, Anjela Piccard and Betty X.

  • Katherine Sweetman
    Director
  • Katherine Sweetman
    Writer
    Pithuahua (2016)
  • Anjela Piccard
    Writer
    Pithuahua (2016), Extreme Culture 3D (2013)
  • John Fryer
    Writer
    Cocteau Twins, Depeche Mode, M|A|R|R|S, Clan Of Xymox, Nine Inch Nails, Die Krupps, This Mortal Coil and Love And Rockets.
  • Anjela Piccard
    Producer
    Pithuahua (2016), Extreme Culture 3D (2013)
  • John Fryer
    Producer
    Cocteau Twins, Depeche Mode, M|A|R|R|S, Clan Of Xymox, Nine Inch Nails, Die Krupps, This Mortal Coil and Love And Rockets.
  • Anjela Piccard
    Key Cast
    Pithuahua (2016), Extreme Culture 3D (2013)
  • Betty X
    Key Cast
    Razing the Bar: A Documentary About the Funhouse (2014)
  • John Fryer
    Key Cast
    Cocteau Twins, Depeche Mode, M|A|R|R|S, Clan Of Xymox, Nine Inch Nails, Die Krupps, This Mortal Coil and Love And Rockets.
  • Martin Atkins
    Key Cast
    Waltz with Basheer, Screw the Pepperoni, Martin Atkins: Tour Smart Part 1, Pigface - Glitch
  • Katherine Sweetman
    Director of Photography
    Pithuahua (2016)
  • Nathan Kaylor
    Director of Photography
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Music Video
  • Genres:
    Musical, Rock Documentary
  • Runtime:
    30 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    September 6, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    15,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • Cintamani FIlms
    Country: Chile
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Katherine Sweetman

Katherine Sweetman is a content creator with work distributed in major film festivals throughout the world including Rencontres Internationales; broadcast on major TV outlets including Cox, Brighthouse Networks and Time Warner; shown in galleries and museums including The Getty Center, Los Angeles.

From 2009-2014 she produced, directed and edited 3D and 4k content for film and television distribution at Passmore Lab, where she created and directed the award wining series, Road to the Cage 3D, a tell-all sports documentary series on amateur cage fighting and a short form series Extreme Culture 3D.

Katherine sometimes moonlights as an adjunct university instructor teaching courses on visual culture and media at colleges and universities including The University of California, San Diego; San Diego State University; and California State University, San Marcos and more.

Katherine has an MFA in Visual and Preforming arts from the University of California, San Diego, a BA in Arts and Technology from California State University, a certificate from the New School University, and a second MFA in Film and TV Production from The School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California. (2018).

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