On May 28th, the long-awaited Grateful Dead documentary Long Strange Trip will be made available to the masses via Amazon Prime Video after years of planning and buildup. Before the exhaustive examination of the iconic band is released on Amazon, the producers are taking the film on a trip of its own, showing it at various festivals and film events nationwide. One of these screenings has been scheduled in the band’s northern California hometown–San Francisco–at the 60th Annual SF International Film Festival on April 15th.

Long Strange Trip takes a sprawling look at the history of one of the most influential bands in American music history features in-depth interviews from roadies, band members and extended Dead family members, along with incredible unseen behind-the-scenes and live footage spanning from the band members’ childhood through the various rungs of their climb to success.

The film’s director, Amir Bar-Lev, is scheduled to be in attendance at the screening. Credited producers include Eric Eisner, Nick Koskoff, Ken Dornstein and Alex Blavatnik. Additional producers include Justin Kreutzmann. Executive producers include legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese and surviving Grateful Dead members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir.

The SF International Film Festival screening of the film will take place on April 15th at 6:30 Pacific Time at the Castro Theatre. Tickets for the screening are available here.

[You can watch a clip from the film below, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly]:



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[Cover photo via SF International Film Festival]