Duration: 1 hr & 30 mins
Rating: G
Genre: Documentary
Director: Silvio Mirošnićenko
Stars: Cast of the National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia
Synopsis: Grandpa Guru is the story of Bosnian musician Srđan Gino Jevđević or “Gino Banana” as he approaches his 60th birthday.
Beginning with his early life and career in Sarajevo, both before and after the Balkan wars of the 1990s, the film traces his extraordinary life’s journey: from participating in the famous Sarajevo staging of the musical HAIR to becoming Artist-in-Residence at the Seattle Group Theatre a few years later.
With his punk-folk band Kulture Shock, Gino becomes a fixture of the super-charged Seattle musical landscape, and the band makes a significant impact on the 1990s Seattle rock scene. Along the way he gets married and makes friends with Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys) and Krist Novoselic (Nirvana).
This is an engaging study of one musician’s life and philosophy, and it will especially appeal to lovers of music, whether it be World or Grunge!