VIDEOHEAVEN Trailer: Maya Hawke Narrates Alex Ross Perry’s Video Store Doc

“This is the story of the birth, life, death, and afterlife of the video store.”

Hammer to Nail alum Alex Ross Perry is gearing up for his second film of this year. Following its premieres at the Rotterdam and Tribeca Festivals, his documentary Videoheaven is set to arrive in select theaters this summer. Narrated by Maya Hawke, this visual essay pays tribute to the video stores of the past and explores their portrayal in the media. Using footage from numerous sources, Perry, aided by editor Clyde Folley, examines the impact video stores had on movie culture and considers the ever-changing ways we view movies today.

Cinema Conservancy will release the film at the IFC Center on July 2 and at Vidiots in LA on August 6, with an expansion to follow. Ahead of its release, the first official trailer has arrived.

Here’s the official synopsis:

Socio-cultural hub, consumer mecca, and source of existential dread; the video rental store forever changed the way we interact with movies. With narration by Maya Hawke over footage culled from hundreds of sources (from TV commercials to blockbuster films), Alex Ross Perry’s VIDEOHEAVEN tells the story of an industry’s glorious, confusing, novel, sometimes seedy, but undeniably seismic impact on American movie culture.

Watch the trailer below.

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