Kathleen Hanna
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Biography: Kathleen Hanna is an American musician, artist, feminist activist, and punk zine writer. In the early-to mid-1990s she was the lead singer of feminist punk band Bikini Kill, before fronting Le Tigre in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 1998, Hanna released a lo-fi solo album under the name Julie Ruin and since 2010, has been working on a project called The Julie Ruin.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon
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Birthday: November 12, 1968
Age: 56 years old
Gender: Female
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Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
Overview: A compilation of 24 music videos by Sonic Youth ranging from 1990 to 2002. Collaborators include Harmony Korine, Spike Jonze, Todd Haynes, Mark Romanek, Richard Kern, and more.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-08
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2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Overview: Filmed at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio, the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony honors inductees: Tina Turner, Carole King, The Go-Go's, JAY-Z, Foo Fighters, and Todd Rundgren; along with Kraftwerk, Charley Patton and Gil Scott-Heron; LL Cool J, Billy Preston and Randy Rhoads; Clarence Avant for the Ahmet Ertegun Award. The special music event also features a host of all-star presenters, performers, and special guests, including Angela Bassett, Christina Aguilera, Mickey Guyton, H.E.R., Keith Urban, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, Drew Barrymore, Paul McCartney, Lionel Richie, and many others.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-20
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Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour
Overview: WHO TOOK THE BOMP? LE TIGRE ON TOUR follows iconic feminist electronic band Le Tigre on their 2004-2005 international tour across four continents and through ten countries. Supported by a community of devoted fans and led by outspoken Riot Grrrl pioneer Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill), Le Tigre confronts sexism and homophobia in the music industry while tearing up the stage via performance art poetics, no-holds-barred lyrics, punk rock ethos, and whip-smart wit in this edgy and entertaining documentary. Directed by Kerthy Fix (STRANGE POWERS: STEPHIN MERRITT AND THE MAGNETIC FIELDS), WHO TOOK THE BOMP? LE TIGRE ON TOUR features never before seen live performances, archival interviews, and revealing backstage footage with these trail-blazing artists.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-05
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The Punk Singer
Overview: A look at the life of activist, musician, and cultural icon Kathleen Hanna, who formed the punk band Bikini Kill and pioneered the "riot grrrl" movement of the 1990s.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-29
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No Alternative Girls
Overview: No Alternative Girls is a 1994 short film by Tamra Davis.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-22
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It Changed My Life: Bikini Kill in the UK
Overview: In 1993, Bikini Kill toured the UK with grrrl associates Huggy Bear. Lucy Thane made a documentary about the trip, also featuring appearances from the Raincoats, Sister George, and Skinned Teen.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-19
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Nothing Compares
Overview: Since the beginning of her career, Sinéad O’Connor has used her powerful voice to challenge the narratives she was surrounded by while growing up in predominantly Roman Catholic Ireland. Despite her agency, depth and perspective, O’Connor’s unflinching refusal to conform means that she has often been patronized and unfairly dismissed as an attention-seeking pop star.
Genres: Documentary Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-23
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Radical Act
Overview: Radical Act, a feature-length (and vintage) documentary about the contribution of female artists to the 1990's punk scene.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-04
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From the Back of the Room
Overview: Although it is often credited with spurring the "third wave" of feminism, Riot Grrrl seemed to many to be a blip in the media. Riot Grrrl paved the way for the more mainstream "girl power" phenomenon, but was ultimately forgotten until recently. This film tackles the past thirty years of female involvement in Do It Yourself music, and aims to give a more complete picture of how women have participated in the D.I.Y. community, and how it affects their daily lives.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-01
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Wonder Women!: The Untold Story of American Superheroines
Overview: Explores the concept of heroic women from the birth of the superhero in the 1940s to the TV and big screen action blockbusters of today. Heroic role models are important in childhood development, yet there are a dearth of these for girls. It provides a rare example of a female heroine who doesn't require rescue, determines her own missions, and possesses uniquely feminine values. Looks at how Wonder Woman's storyline changed over time while considering how women are rarely depicted as heroic, powerful, or world-changing
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-10
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She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column
Overview: Documentary about the groundbreaking queer feminist art band Fifth Column, who were at the centre of Toronto’s influential Queercore scene in the 1980-90s.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-27
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Myrna the Monster
Overview: A heart-broken alien dreamer from the moon transitions into adult life in Los Angeles like any other 20-something.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-23
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The Judy Spots
Overview: These five short videos introduce Judy, a paper maché puppet who ruminates on her position in society. Like Judy, of the famous Punch and Judy puppet duo, Benning’s Judy seems to experience the world from the outside, letting things happen to her rather than making things happen around her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Don't Need You - The Herstory of Riot Grrrl
Overview: A documentary film that tells the story of the origins of Riot Grrrl in the American independent music scene of the 1990s, and how this feminist movement evolved into a revolutionary underground network of education and self-awareness through music, writing, activism, and women-friendly community.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-20
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Maggie's Plan
Overview: Maggie's plan to have a baby on her own with a sperm donor is derailed when she falls in love with John, an older married professor, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant and impossible Georgette. But three years later, married to John with one daughter, Maggie is out of love and in a quandary: what do you do when you suspect your man and his ex-wife are actually perfect for each other?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-27
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Punk Girls - Die weibliche Geschichte des britischen Punk
Overview: London 1976: Between economic crises and the Silver Jubilee, something is brewing in the squats and basement clubs of West London: Punk. A promise, a new beginning. Punk meant self-empowerment, especially for the women in the scene. For the first time, women picked up guitar, bass and drums, formed bands and wrote their own songs.
Genres: Documentary Music TV Movie History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2024-04-12
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Revolution, Riot Grrrl Style
Overview: Today, we see a new style of feminism springing up everywhere - young, provocative and radical. To get their message across, these women have decided to rely on rock music! While the Pussy Riot shock Russia and fascinate the West, the concerts of Peaches or Grimes are sold out, while artists such as Kathleen Hanna make their comeback to remind us that it all began in 1990 in some backwater of the United States. The RIOT GRRRLS revolutionized rock and inspired entire generations of young artists around the world. This film will explore today s feminist scene while revisiting the little known history of this revolution that shook the early 90s.
Genres: Documentary Music TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-03-07
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Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
Overview: Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk spans over 30 years of the California Bay Area’s punk music history with a central focus on the emergence of the inspiring 924 Gilman Street collective. This diverse group of artists, writers, organizers and musicians created a do-it-yourself petri dish that changed the punk scene... and the world at large.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-05-31
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The Gits
Overview: The inception and ascent of Seattle-based post-punk band the Gits, whose rise to prominence was cut short by the shocking rape and murder of their fiery lead singer, Mia Zapata, in 1993. Featuring performance footage and reflective interviews with the remaining members of the Gits, O'Kane's labor of love celebrates Zapata's memory and the group's enduring legacy.
Genres: Music Documentary Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-07
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Tour Without End
Overview: TOUR WITHOUT END (Twenty-One Portraits and a Protest) stars the legendary Wooster Group founder Kate Valk and Jim Fletcher (The NYC Players), and includes musicians Kathleen Hanna, Lizzie Bougatsos (Gang Gang Dance), Brontez Purnell (The Younger Lovers), and the poet Eileen Myles along with many other queer and feminist icons. Shot in real environments and situations, the core group of players improvise based on semi-scripted scenes. Because many of these performers are legendary in the downtown scene in NYC, they are archetypes playing archetypes. As the players move in and out of fictionalized characters and real life -- the film moves in and out of non-linear narrative and historical document.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-09
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Bad Reputation
Overview: The life and career of rock n' roll icon Joan Jett from her early years ripping it up onstage as the founder and backbone of hard-rock legends The Runaways, to her long time collaboration with Kenny Laguna as Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and her enduring presence in pop culture as a rock pioneer and mentor. With her inimitable singles "I Love Rock n Roll," and "Bad Reputation" Joan Jett inspired a generation of young women to rock.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-28
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In Search of Margo-go
Overview: In 1994, Jill Reiter began a feature starring Kathleen Hanna, called IN SEARCH OF MARGO-GO. Her playful synth-punk romp re-envisioned NYC club culture as an acid-hued comic book, equal parts LIQUID SKY and THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI. Reiter recently collaborated with animator Katie Bush to finish the film after two decades.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-09
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Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
Overview: A documentary on Queercore, the cultural and social movement that began as an offshoot of punk and was distinguished by its discontent with society's disapproval of the gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender communities.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-12
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The Go-Go's
Overview: As the first all-female band to play their instruments, write their songs and have a No. 1 album, The Go-Go’s made history. Underpinned by candid testimonies, this film chronicles the meteoric rise to fame of a band born in the LA punk scene who became a pop phenomenon.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-24
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Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Overview: The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother's archives in this intimate documentary.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-02-27
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You Don't Own Me
Overview: Plot kept under wraps. In post- Production.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-05-21
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LOUDER: The Soundtrack of Change
Overview: A celebration of music and rallying cry that takes viewers on a journey across generations, eras, and genres, anchored by a female chorus of musical icons, whose songs, voices, and activism provided inspiration for the past and current fight for equality for all.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-16
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Kill All Redneck Pricks: A Documentary Film about a Band Called KARP
Overview: This film is a biography of a friendship. Set in the indie rock utopia of an evergreen forested Olympia Washington of the early 90's, this film chronicles the journey of the love of three friends from childhood to adulthood over a span of 20 years. Nestled in the mythology of bands such as Beat Happening, Bikini Kill, Unwound, and the Melvins, the story of KARP is the story of a childhood love forced to make adult changes in order to survive an adult world and how the choices we face as we follow our dreams affect those whom we love most. It is the story of how so often the thing that frees you can become your largest obstacle.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-16
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