Home of the Brave

Home of the Brave is a 1986 American concert film directed by, and featuring the music of, Laurie Anderson. The film's full on-screen title is Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson. The performances were filmed at the Park Theater in Union City, NJ, during the summer of 1985. Background The film included appearances by guitarist Adrian Belew, author William S. Burroughs, keyboardist Joy Askew, and percussionist David Van Tieghem. Barry Sonnenfeld, who was early in his movie-making career, receives an early film credit for operating second projection camera on this film. The film was released by Cinecom Pictures, but it was commercially unsuccessful. A soundtrack album, which contained studio versions of some songs from the film, and live versions of others, was released concurrently with the film (see Home of the Brave LP). The film was briefly available on VHS and Laserdisc in the early 1990s from Warner Reprise Video. In 2007, Anderson announced on her official Web site that the film would be released on DVD as part of a video boxed set. The announcement was later removed and as of 2022 there has yet to be a DVD or Blu-ray release of the film.