Fleeing the Malibu fires, she found a box of old ’90s videos and emerged with ‘The Best Summer’

Tamra Davis’s new film, “The Best Summer,” premieres tonight at the Sundance Film Festival. The documentary began with a box of old videotapes Davis discovered while escaping the Malibu fires last year. She still lives on the same property as Michael Diamond—Mike D from the Beastie Boys—and the tapes contain footage she shot during the band’s 1995-1996 tour of Australia and Asia. The tour featured performances with other popular bands of the time, including Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Pavement, Beck, Rancid, the Amps, and Bikini Kill.







