| FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK (92 min) Canada/US |
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Director: Bobbi Jo Hart
Producers: Bobbi Jo Hart,
Robbie Hart
Description:
Sometime in the 1960s, in sunny Sacramento, two
Filipina-American sisters got together with other teenage girls to
play music. Little did they know their garage band would evolve into
the legendary rock group Fanny,
the first all-women band to release an LP with a major record label.
Despite releasing 5 critically-acclaimed albums over 5 years, touring
with famed bands from SLADE to CHICAGO and amassing a dedicated fan
base of music legends including David Bowie, Fanny's groundbreaking impact in music was written out of history... until
bandmates reunite 50 years later with a new rock record deal. The
film includes interviews with Def Leppard's Joe Elliott, Bonnie
Raitt, The Go-Go's Kathy Valentine, Todd Rundgren, The Runaways'
Cherie Currie, Lovin' Spoonful's John Sebastian, The B52's Kate
Pierson, Charles Neville and David Bowie guitarist and bassist Earl
Slick and Gail Ann Dorsey. Fighting early barriers of race, gender
and sexuality in the music industry, and now ageism, the incredible
women of Fanny are
ready to claim their hallowed place in the halls of rock 'n' roll
fame.
Biography:
Bobbi Jo Hart has been
directing and producing award‐winning documentaries since 1997 with
topics ranging from women's professional soccer and tennis to
classical music, and the intriguing link between comedy and manic
depression. Hart's last feature documentary film I am not a Rock Star toured over 30 film
festivals worldwide and won several awards. Currently releasing Rise,
which follows the Canadian women's national soccer team for three
years. Hart is also in production directing and co‐producing a
feature documentary about Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, the
all male comic ballet troupe formed during the New York Stonewall
riots in 1974.
Robbie Hart has been
producing and directing award winning, international documentaries.
He has made several highly acclaimed films in his hometown of
Montreal, notably Nos Amours – The Saga of the Montreal Expos and Cirque for Life, produced in collaboration
with Le Cirque du Soleil. Robbie’s doc series are Turning
Sixteen, an eight part series on teenagers
around the world and Rainmakers,
about human rights activists. Other award winning films include Eye on the Son, The
Brass Man and I am not
a Rock Star about the Quebec pianist Marika
Bournaki.
Contact Information:
w: http://www.fannythemovie.com
e: bobbigotgame@hotmail.com
