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Something Real

Name: Something Real
Director: Sam Zalkin
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-04-21
Duration: 5 min
Cast: Madeline Johnston, Nick Tassinari, Chris Adolf, Ricardo Bonilla, Zak Ashburn

2026 · 0h 5m · Documentary

If you care about community, music, and resistance to gentrification, watch this tonight—it's a timely portrait of people fighting to keep something real alive in their city. Skip it only if you want mindless entertainment; this is thoughtful documentary work about stakes that actually matter.

Plot

What drives us to keep going in a world that grows increasingly hostile toward our existence every day? Squirm Gallery, a DIY music venue, finds a way forward in a rapidly gentrifying Denver.

Director: Sam Zalkin

Cast: Madeline Johnston, Nick Tassinari, Chris Adolf, Ricardo Bonilla, Zak Ashburn

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