The Films

{{Short description|American indie pop rock band}}

{{Other uses|Film (disambiguation)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

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| origin = Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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| years_active = 2003–2010

| label = Independent

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| past_members = * Michael Trent

• Kenneth Aaron Harris
• Jake Sinclair
• Adam Blake

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The Films were an American indie pop rock band from Charleston, South Carolina, and consisted of Michael Trent, Kenneth Harris, Jake Sinclair, and Adam Blake.{{cite news|last=Northey|first=Cheryl|title=Rewind and fast-forward with the music of The Films|url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5093201,00.htm|accessdate=November 2, 2011|newspaper=DW World|date=March 1, 2010}} The band members met in high school and in 2006 recorded/produced the EP Being Bored. That same year, the band released their debut album Don't Dance Rattlesnake which earned them a substantial fan following in Germany and Japan.{{cite news|title=The Films: Oh Scorpio|url=http://www.laxmag.de/laxlandschaft/36-rezensionen/1055-the-films-oh-scorpio|accessdate=November 2, 2011|newspaper=Lax Mag|date=July 12, 2009}} Their next album Oh, Scorpio was released on Warner in 2009. They toured Germany as part of the Jägermeister Rock Liga tour in 2009.{{cite news|title=The Films|url=http://www.spex.de/2009/11/11/the-films-auf-tour-und-in-der-rockliga-akustik-sessions-mp3/|accessdate=November 2, 2011|newspaper=Spex|date=November 11, 2009|language=German}} After another European tour in 2010, the band broke up, because of what Trent later explained as a result of running out of momentum, money and "hope for the project".{{cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/2012/07/shovels-rope-redux-what-happened-to-the-films/ |title=Shovels & Rope Redux: What Happened to The Films? |last=Inman |first=Davis |work=American Songwriter |date=July 27, 2010 |accessdate=April 4, 2019}}