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THE PUNK SINGER

Feminism, punk music, and rare archival footage slam together in this blazing history of riot grrrl pioneer Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre), featuring interviews including Joan Jett and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz
Director Sini Anderson in Person via Skype!

In 1990s Olympia, Washington, feminist activist Kathleen Hanna was the very girl she sang about- strong, self-confident, and a natural leader. A spoken word poet turned musician, she spearheaded the so-called "Riot grrrl" movement, igniting a revolution with feminist politics and DIY 'zines that confronted sexism in the media representation of women. But Hanna, the famously outspoken icon that many looked to as a voice of third wave feminism stopped performing in 2005. This feature-length directorial debut from Sini Anderson (co-founder and Artistic Director of Sister Spit) creates a biographical documentary using 20 years of archival footage. Interviews with Hanna, Le Tigre's Johanna Fateman and JD Samson, Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, Joan Jett, Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney, Tavi Gevinson, Hanna's husband (and Beastie Boy) Adam Horovitz, among others, bring an intimacy to the film and to this vital, influential artist. (USA, 2013, 80 min., Color, Rated: NR, Digital | Director: Sini Anderson)