R.E.M. by MTV

The documentary tells the story of a band. The band is R.E.M. It was formed in Athens. The town is in Georgia. They played their first show in 1980. The place was a former church. There is no narrator. The band tells its own story. The film is built from the MTV archive. Three decades of footage are in it. Performances and interviews come one after another, including material never shown before. The account runs through to the band’s breakup in 2011. It came out as part of a box set. Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry all speak in the hundred and seven minute documentary, an American production Alex Young finished in 2014.