The Mars Volta / At the Drive-In documentary, Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird, is receiving a theatrical release on November 20th, and an extended trailer can be streamed now.
The Nicolas Jack Davies-directed doc follows the musical journey and friendship of Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala, from their early days cutting their teeth in El Paso’s hardcore scene with At the Drive-In, to their legacy-defining work with The Mars Volta, and subsequent personal fallout.
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“Their immense artistic success gave way to deep personal fissures that ended their musical partnership in 2013, and inflicted wounds that would take more than a decade to heal,” states the film’s press release. “Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird charts the duo’s intense and profound journey as they navigate success, addiction, tragedy, betrayal, forgiveness and, ultimately, redemption.”
Over the course of multiple decades, Rodríguez-López shot 100s of hours of footage documenting At the Drive-In and The Mars Volta. Those home movies come to light in the film, along with interviews with Omar and Cedric and live concert clips — as seen in the new trailer, which is twice as long as the original teaser and features more audio and grainy clips from Omar’s archive.
“We understand people will have direct questions for us, but we just point them to Nick’s film which holds all of the answers,” Rodríguez-López and Bixler-Zavala told Rolling Stone regarding the doc. “These answers are given more precisely and elegantly in the film than we could ever put into words. We invite the world to watch and reach their own conclusions.”
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird premiered at the Raindance Film Festival in October 2023, and roughly a year later, it’s hitting select theaters via Oscilloscope. The majority of screenings across the US start November 20th, and you can see the full list and find ticket info via the documentary’s website. A few months after that, fans can then catch The Mars Volta live when they head out as support for Deftones’ North American tour (get tickets here).
Watch the full trailer for Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird below.