Meat Joy: America's Entertainment Nightmare
Featuring Gretchen Phillips
Director: Lauren Yap
2026 | 45 mins
Documentary, English
Saturday, Nov 7 | 3 pm
Arts Court
The untold history of the 80's punk band, Meat Joy, set in the context of the post-punk scene of Austin, Texas. Narrated by the band themselves, we get access to never before seen footage, photos, flyers, original artwork, and songs that show how the group paved the way for Austin's music scene alongside contemporaries such as the Dicks, Butthole Surfers and Scratch Acid. The band reminisces on their formation, recording sessions, tour, unique performance approach, breakup, and reunion forty years later.
Lauren Yap
Lauren is a queer, first-generation Filipino American filmmaker whose work includes producing various commercials, music videos, and live events.
They are drawn to projects that spark conversation and highlight voices that are typically underrepresented. Lauren is a protagonist and collaborator for Who We Become, a documentary that follows young Filipino women during the pandemic as they engage in much-needed intergenerational conversations about the COVID-19 crisis and growing racial injustice during the Trump presidency.
Currently, they are the associate artistic director for OUTsider, an Austin-based transmedia art festival that celebrates the creative nonconformity of the LGBTQ+ communities through the presentation of provocative and overlooked film, dance, theater, performance art, music, writing and visual art.
Jocelyn was the co-founder and co-artistic director of Dark Horse Dance Projects, a dance creation and presentation platform that spanned seven seasons (2015-2022) and focused on supporting dance artists in Ottawa.
