In 2023, a concert film directed by Academy Award winners Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman premiered and was released through HBO and Max.
Mac says that "A 24-Decade History of Popular Music is a reenactment of how the individual(s) may lose the long game but communities and movements, if continually brought together, have the potential to thrive while bending towards justice.
"[1] Presented in eight acts and featuring 246 songs, the production is intended to last twenty-four hours when performed to completion.
Taylor Mac, music director Matt Ray, costume designer Machine Dazzle, and co-director Niegel Smith developed the show over five years, holding workshops and performing abridged versions at festivals and small venues.
[11] Before the marathon performance, St. Ann's Warehouse also hosted the first complete presentation of the show, albeit in parts from September 15 through October 3, 2016.
[27] Directed by Academy Award winners Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, the film covers the 2016 St. Ann's Warehouse premiere performance.
[28] It won the juried Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming at the 76th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards[29]