Contact sheet of Nick Cave and the Birthday Party in a disused church in Kilburn, London on 22 October 1981.

The strategic distribution approach behind the release of ‘Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party’

Despite never playing on more than 14 screens around the country on any given weekend, music documentary Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party has grossed $155,203 in four weeks – a solid result given the scale of the release, and one that puts Label Distribution into the black.

Directed by Ian White, Mutiny In Heaven tells the history of The Birthday Party, Nick Cave’s original band, started with his school friends, and is narrated exclusively by the original band members.

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