Profile By Liz Nord

Everything about the new documentary "Meditate & Destroy", captures the D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) spirit of the punk music that runs rampant through its soundtrack. The film's director, first-time-filmmaker Sarah Fisher, shot and edited most of the flick herself, and it is currently touring with the best-named film festival ever: From Here to Awesome. FHTA is a fest put together by indie filmmakers like Arin Crumley of Four-Eyed Monsters fame, as an experiment in D.I.Y. distribution—a way to get movies to audiences without having to go through the major studios and theatre chains that often suck up all of a film's profits.

"Meditate & Destroy" is a raw depiction of the story of Noah Levine, a charismatic, heavily tattooed, motorcycle-riding, punk rocker who hit rock bottom in a rough adolescence, punctuated with heroine abuse and several visits to juvenile hall. Read more...