2013 · documentary · music · political
The Punk Singer
Directed by Sini Anderson1h 20m2013
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.
Our read: The Punk Singer (2013) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded documentary · music · political entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle documentary / music, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- warm
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
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