Would you be willing to buy a ticket for a concert that goes on for 24 hours? Hundreds of people did just that to see theater artist Taylor Mac in 2016, and that show has now been turned into the documentary “Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music,” which will stream on Max starting June 27.
Directed by two-time Oscar winners Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, the film follows the 24-hour performance at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn as Mac performs renditions of songs dating back to America’s origins in the 18th century, from “Yankee Doodle” to “Gloria.”
Along the way, Mac complements the alternative tour of American history with elaborate costumes designed by Mac’s longtime collaborator Machine Dazzle and make-up designer Anastasia Durasova.