White Lines and the Fever: The Death of DJ Junebug is a documentary film directed by Travis Gutiérrez Senger in 2010.

The story of Junebug's double-life as a DJ

Disc jockey

A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

 and drug dealer. Recalling the Bronx in the early 1980's, this documentary

Documentary

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 explores the old-school days of hip-hop and the dangerous underworld at the legendary Disco Fever

Disco Fever

Disco Fever was a New York City dance club located in the South Bronx. Owner Ally Abbatiello opened it in 1976 as an adult disco. In the summer of 1977, Ally's son Sal convinced him to hand over the reins...

. Never-before-seen footage and interviews with Kurtis Blow

Kurtis Blow

Kurt Walker , better known by his stage name Kurtis Blow, is an American rapper and record producer. He is one of the first commercially successful rappers and the first to sign with a major record label...

, DJ Hollywood

DJ Hollywood

DJ Hollywood is an American old school hip hop DJ and rapper. According to Kurtis Blow, Hollywood was the first rapper in the hip-hop style. His rhymes are from the top of the dome, he has never written anything down...

 and Sal Abbatiello

Sal Abbatiello

Sal Abbatiello is a record executive in the music business. His career goes back to the early 1970s and he is still one of the biggest concert promoters and record executives in the New York City area. Abbatiello created and produced the Freestyle, Urban/Dance-Pop trio, The Cover Girls, whose hits...

 tell the tragic story of one of the greatest DJ's ever. Based on Mark Skillz' "When The Fever Was The Mecca", published in Wax Poetics

Wax Poetics

Wax Poetics is a bimonthly American music magazine dedicated to vintage and contemporary jazz, funk, soul, Latin, hip-hop, reggae, blues, and R&B in the crate-digger tradition; the name of the magazine is itself an allusion to vinyl records....

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Festivals

• South by Southwest
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   - Austin, TX
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• Tribeca Film Festival
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   - New York
  New York
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• Seattle International Film Festival
  Seattle International Film Festival
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   - Seattle, WA
• Palm Springs International Film Festival
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   - Palm Springs
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  , CA
• Rhode Island International Film Festival
  Rhode Island International Film Festival
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   - Providence
  Providence, Rhode Island
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  , RI
• Bumbershoot
  Bumbershoot
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   Music and Arts Festival - Seattle, WA
• Chicago International Film Festival
  Chicago International Film Festival
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   - Chicago
  Chicago
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  , IL

Awards

• Tribeca Film Festival 2010 - Grand Jury Prize
• South by Southwest 2010 - Special Jury Prize
• Seattle International Film Festival 2010 - Grand Jury Prize
• Rhode Island Film Festival 2010 - Grand Jury Prize