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Fanny: The Right to Rock

2021 · 92 min

A warm, rousing look back at overlooked pioneers, mixing joy at reunion with a quiet ache over lost recognition.

Overview: The untold story of a Filipina American founded, California garage band that morphed into the ferocious rock group Fanny, the first all female band to release an LP with a major label. Adored by David Bowie, the band's groundbreaking impact in music has been lost in the mists of time... until now. Fifty years later, bandmates reunite with a new record deal and a second chance to right the wrongs of history.
How it feels: Warm, uplifting, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Music, identity, gender, race
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: music
identity
gender
race
friendship
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: documentary
true story
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild