Pearl Jam Twenty

Pearl Jam Twenty chronicles the first twenty years of the trailblazing Seattle-based grunge band. With a wink towards Pearl Jam’s debut album, Ten, director Cameron Crowe begins by tracing the band’s origins. Drawing on both the group’s formation and his own experiences of the grunge scene from the mid to late 1980s, Crowe brings the wider Seattle music scene to life and highlights many of the bands that emerged from it.

Featuring a mix of archival and contemporary interviews, historical concert footage, and music videos, the film recounts Pearl Jam’s beginnings, their high-profile battle with Ticketmaster, and the personal stories of individual band members. It explores the relationships within the band, their shared struggles and triumphs over the years, and their efforts to use their platform to make the world a better place.