This terrifically watchable and impressively empowering documentary follows the career of former Bikini Kill singer Kathleen Hanna, leading light of the riot grrrl movement and still a creative, musical and political force to be reckoned with.
Boasting ample archive footage and insightfully intimate interviews, Sini Anderson's film covers Hanna's battles against sexism, press misrepresentation, and (in its later stages) Lyme disease, all of which she confronts head on as obstacles to be overcome in order to get her voice heard. And what a voice it is, pitched somewhere between jangly "valley girl" and angry Poly Styrene, variously accompanied by grunge guitars, drum machines and weirdly melodic synthesisers as she mutates from punk rocker, to solo artist, to dancefloor revolutionary.
Continue reading...Source: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/may/25/punk-singer-empowering-kathleen-hanna
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