Clarity of Cal (2025)

0.0/10 • 36 min • Documentary Music

Overview

'Clarity of Cal' captures the quiet chaos behind Vulfpeck’s most ambitious undertaking: recording a studio album entirely on stage. Over eight live shows—six in Berkeley, two in Los Angeles—the band pursues a single goal: the perfect take, played in real time, without a net. Director Carter Knopik documents the grind of rehearsals, the strain of performance, and the pressure of trying to bottle magic without breaking it. A raw and revealing portrait of what it means to chase clarity—in art, and in self.

Cast

Joe Dart

Cory Wong

Theo Katzman

Jacob Jeffries

Antwaun Stanley

Joey Dosik

Woody Goss

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