The film was first released in 2015, but only in a live screening format.
As in; the film would only be screened with the soundtrack being performed live
by the band 1997.
The award-winning feature documentary 'THERE'S ALWAYS NEXT SEASON' (2018) chronicles the twenty year story of the making of 1997 FOREVER.
The Snowboarder's Journal described the experience as "like watching Jurassic Park with a symphonic orchestra playing,
only with a beer in hand, and Fugazi playing the soundtrack"