Last night, Bad Brains: A Band in D.C. had its first showing at Silverdocs, followed by a Q&A with directors Mandy Stein and Benjamen Logan and Bad Brains lead singer H.R., moderated by Silverdocs screening committee member Scott Mueller. The following are the eight best moments of the evening, in reverse order:

7. The revelation during the question-and-answer session after the movie that the day job of the animator hired for the documentary is drawing Barbie comics for Mattel.

6. The animation accompanying the moment Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye recall encountering the members of Bad Brains after they had undergone their collective Rastafarian transition.

5. The archival footage, but particularly a scene from an 80s-era show where H.R. leaped from a high balcony onto the stage without missing a note, eliciting a collective “Whoa!” from the film’s audience.

4. When Dave Grohl pointed out that he cribbed the drum intro to Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” from Earl Hudson’s drum intro on “How Low Can A Punk Get?” from the 1982 compilation Rat Music for Rat People.

3. The fact that the film didn’t shy away from allegations of the band’s homophobia, but especially Ian MacKaye’s response: “Homophobia is homophobia.”

2. The film sequence describing the recording of “Sacred Love” on 1987’s I Against I: Sent to jail for several months on possession, H.R. was unable to record the vocals. By unscrewing the mouthpiece on the prison pay phone, their producer was able to record his vocals and finish the track. During this phone call, he rolled up the cannabis resin-coated front page of his Bible and smoked it.

1. H.R.’s response to being asked his breakdown at a recent Chicago show as depicted in the film, which included a story about being electrocuted while “inventing a plant that is half living, half electricity.”

Bad Brains: A Band in D.C. screens again tomorrow night, Saturday, June 23rd at 10 p.m. at AFI. Tickets are available here.