DEVO

Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale, art students at Kent State, witness the National Guard open fire on anti-war protesters. This seismic event shatters their worldview, planting the seed for a radical concept: de-evolution. They propose that society isn't advancing but regressing. Channeling their disillusionment into music, they form DEVO, adopting identical industrial uniforms and creating a jarring, synthetic sound. The documentary traces their journey from an avant-garde art project born of trauma to unlikely pop stars with "Whip It," exploring how their satirical manifesto on human decline found a mass audience in the era of Reagan and MTV.