David Wasco Movies

Documentary of the emerging punk rock music scene in Los Angeles in 1977-1978.

Four high school students are led into the world of adult vices by their guidance counselor, a shadowy, suicidal millionaire.

After her father is injured, a teenager and an alcoholic employee struggle to save their financially troubled farm in 1954 Montana.

Ever since the onset of her dementia, reality, dream and nightmare have become intertwined for Rose, making her something like a maverick time traveler. Her filmmaker daughter Rea Tajiri is also her caregiver. In this fond portrait, she visualizes Rose’s spiritual, philosophical and sometimes...

A young girl tries to protect her pet bear from a circus owner who wants to kidnap the animal and put it on exhibition at his circus.