Cat Power - From Fur City

Cat Power wrote this song in homage to ‘Benjamin,’ the Atlanta musician who is the subject of the film Benjamin Smoke. Cat was an old and dear friend of his, both having musically come of age in the trenches of the Atlanta underground music scene. Jem Cohen and Peter Sillen documented her live performance of the song at a Brooklyn music hall.

Born in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1962. He lives in New York and is one of the United States’ most significant underground filmmakers. Until 1996, he developed an important career directing videos for groups like R.E.M., Godspeed You Black Emperor! and Elliott Smith. Shot over fifteen years, his film Instrument (1999), about the band Fugazi, made him a familiar name beyond the independent circuit. His films have been screened at festivals throughout the world, from Rotterdam to Marfici.