Oh Yeah!

Documentary Short Film

17 minutes ■ English

The story of the iconic electronic music group Yello and the phenomenon of their 1980's hit song, exploring the song’s cultural impact and its enduring place in the American psyche.

Cast
Boris Blank
Tarquin Gotch
David Kamp
Lori Majewski
Dieter Meier
Merck Mercuriadis
Alan Ruck
Ian Tregonning
Reggie Watts

Director Biography
Nick Canfield is an award-winning Director and Cinematographer who got his start as camera assistant to legendary documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles, developing an intimate vérité style as a cinematographer and archivist for Maysles Films. His first film, the feature music documentary The Reverend, won the Audience Award at DOC NYC, was distributed theatrically by Factory 25, and streamed on The Criterion Channel. His short doc My Back Pages premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival, won Best Short Documentary at Thin Line Festival, is also streaming on Criterion. His latest film OH YEAH! premiered at the Tribeca Festival, was selected for DOC NYC’s Short List, and was released by Rolling Stone Films and Documentary+. His camera work can be seen in documentaries such as Iris (NYFF premiere, distributed by Magnolia Pictures), The Fifty Year Argument (HBO, directed by Martin Scorsese), Born to Fly (SxSW premiere), In Transit (Tribeca Special Jury Mention), Quitting Time (True/False premiere) and Making a Murderer (Netflix). Nick serves on the board of the Maysles Documentary Center, is a member of the Documentary Cinematographer’s Alliance, and was named one of DOC NYC’s 40 Filmmakers Under 40.