A road documentary shot from the inside of the last Black Flag tour ever (the 1986 "In My Head" six month US tour). In 1980's America, nobody toured as relentlessly and ferociously as the Flag did. Looping the country countless times, bringing along their own massive PA system and opening bands, and deeply influencing a generation in the process. Greg Ginn, Henry Rollins, Cel Revulta, and Anthony Martinez comprise this final line up of the band.

Filmmaker/musician David Markey was along for the entire trip as the drummer for Painted Willie, documenting the tour as it happened. Features behind the scenes proceedings and live performances from Black Flag, Painted Willie, and Gone (Ginn's side project, then featuring Sim Cain (later of the Rollins Band) and Andrew Weiss (Ween, Butthole Surfers). In retrospect, a crucial turning point in American underground rock, and not surprisingly, Flag's last waltz. Also features roadie Joe (Planet Joe) Cole, soundmen Davo Claasen (who would go on to work with the Meat Puppets), Dave "Ratman" Levine (who runs Rat Sound to this day), and the tour manager who kept them all together through the nonstop psychedelic implosions, Mitch Bury. Reality 86’d remains unreleased because of Black Flag founder / SST Records owner Greg Ginn, who doesn't want the film seen for reasons unknown.  You can now watch scene selections here at We Got Power Films!

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(Shot in 1986 and completed by director David Markey in 1991, approx. 63 min., Super 8 film)