Organizers of the upcoming Highland Square Film Festival on May 18th at the Highland Square Theater in Akron are hoping to “whip” up a little Akron rock nostalgia, with films created by the iconic 70’s New Wave band.

Author, David Giffels, who will be a featured speaker at the event, will reflect on the band’s early days in Akron and Kent, and on the films they made before hitting it big on the pop charts in 1980, with “Whip It“. 

Giffels, along with co-author, Jade Dellinger, has written two books about the band; 2008’s “We Are Devo! Are We Not Men?“, and “The Beginning Was The End: DEVO in Ohio“, which came out in 2023.

Listen now as Giffels talks about it, with WAKR’s Jeanne Destro. 

David Giffels, Author