play loud! productions

play loud! productions is a Berlin-based record label, publishing and film production company founded in 1997 in New York by filmmakers Dietmar Post and Lucía Palacios. They are primarily known for their documentaries on music and politics in addition to fiction short films. In 2008, they were the recipients of the most prestigious award in German television, the Grimme Prize, for their documentary "Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback". In 2006, their film "German Pop & Circumstance" was nominated for the same award.
Like many writers, labels and musicians, Post and Palacios release their films on their own film and music label.
In 2008 the filmmakers started working on a large archive project, the PLAY LOUD (LIVE) MUSIC SERIES, which is based on three precepts: Alan Lomax‘s work as an archivist and chronicler, John Peel‘s BBC radio sessions, and the work of Direct Cinema pioneers, such as the Maysles Brothers, Leacock, Wildenhahn, Blank and Pennebaker.