News > VH1 Rock Docs clock Love, Chong
November 30, 2006
Via TV.com:
Music channel will air documentaries about Kurt Cobain's widow and bong-selling comic.
VH1 said Wednesday that Courtney Love and Tommy Chong are among the subjects of five feature-length documentaries set to air as part of its VH1 Rock Docs series.
The network said each of the documentaries will reveal an "untold story in the history of rock and hip-hop music," combining never-before-seen footage with a "unique and unconventional narrative approach."
The Return of Courtney Love is set to make its US debut at 9 p.m. December 16. The other titles will roll out starting early next year.
The documentaries are as follows:
-The Return of Courtney Love, an acquisition from the UK, follows the rock singer as she works to get her life back on track after drug addiction and rehab and writes and records a new album. It also will feature unseen home-movie footage of her late husband, Kurt Cobain.
-A.K.A. Tommy Chong centers on the comedian before and during his incarceration after having been charged with selling bongs over the Internet and later turning his arrest into stand-up material.
-1977 (tentative title) is a two-part, two-hour documentary that tells the story of a year in New York when the city had "fallen into decay" but became "one of the most creative times any city has ever encountered." The documentary features interviews with major figures from the era and tells of the emergence of hip-hop, punk, and disco, graffiti art, and sexual liberation.
-Air Guitar Nation centers on the first official US Air Guitar Championships and follows one person's journey to become a world champion.
-Sex: The Revolution! (tentative title), a four-part, four-hour series, will take viewers through key moments in America's sexual history.
