Film Screening:

The Punk Singer: A Film About Kathleen Hanna

(Sini Anderson, 2013, 82 min, USA, in English, Color, DVD)

-- Discussion to follow!

Lead singer of the punk band Bikini Kill and dance-punk trio Le Tigre, Hanna rose to national attention as the reluctant but never shy voice of the Riot Grrrl movement of the '90s. She became one of the most famously outspoken feminist icons for a new generation of women and a cultural lightning rod. Her critics wished she would just shut up, and her fans hoped she never would. So in 2005, when Hanna stopped shouting, many wondered why. Through 20 years of archival footage and interviews with Hanna, as well as musicians like Kim Gordon, Joan Jett and Carrie Brownstein, The Punk Singer provides a fascinating overview of her influential career, leading up to the much-anticipated launch of her new band, The Julie Ruin.

"Anderson manages to capture the feel of an era and the excitement surrounding a fresh feminist voice." -- Washington Post

Cost: Free and Open to the Public

Sponsors: The Kenan Institute for Ethics, the Program in the Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), and the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS).