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The Punk Singer
Directed by
Sini Anderson
Not Rated
2013
80m
Documentary
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Biography
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7.4
91%
83%
7.1
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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.
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Cast of The Punk Singer
Kathleen Hanna
Self
Adam Horovitz
Self
Joan Jett
Self
Jennifer Baumgardner
Self
Johanna Fateman
Self
Carrie Brownstein
Self
JD Samson
Self
Corin Tucker
Self
Kim Gordon
Self
Tavi Gevinson
Self
Allison Wolfe
Self
Sini Anderson
Director
Jennie Jeddry
Director Of Photography
Moira Morel
Director Of Photography
Bo Mehrad
Editor
Jessica Hernández
Editor
The Punk Singer Ratings & Reviews
Autostraddle
Stef Schwartz
What was most refreshing, though, was getting to see sides of Hanna's personality that aren't always immediately apparent from interviews and stage banter.
Bitch Media
Laina Dawes
In terms of providing a historical narrative of the Riot Grrl scene, The Punk Singer does an adequate, yet rushed job within an 80-minute film.
The Blue Lenses
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
While exciting for the sheer range of archival visual material it employs to tell Hanna's story, The Punk Singer is even more significant for capturing just how relevant the ideological pulse of Riot Grrrl is today.
Film.com
Jenni Miller
It is a love letter to Kathleen Hanna, to feminism, and to the fans, but it's also just a damn good movie.
Flavorwire
Jason Bailey
Both a captivating personal story and a history of a moment - as the best rock documentaries are.
Chicago Sun-Times
Bruce Ingram
It's the music, though, including a wealth of galvanic performance footage from the Bikinis, particularly, that really makes this worth seeing. It's killer stuff indeed.
RogerEbert.com
Marsha McCreadie
It is not the most subtly layered documentary I've ever seen, but these days it's no longer verboten to take a stance in docs. And there is so much to be admired about Hanna.
Washington Post
Stephanie Merry
The way Hanna burst onto the scene is just as interesting as how she faded from it.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
The movie succeeds as a punk chronicle by focusing on a true believer who was lionized by many but who turned out to be only human.
Film Comment Magazine
Violet Lucca
The contradiction between status-quo film style and punk-rock subject never comes close to being resolved, but then Hanna herself is a bundle of contradictions.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
The Punk Singer (and the formation of the Julie Ruin) offers a welcome return to, if not the fray, then certainly the front - where, as every rebel girl worth her combat boots knows, girls belong.
Seattle Times
Jeff Albertson
"The Punk Singer" is a revealing look at Hanna's life, who throughout the film is willing to speak out about her struggles and triumphs in an open and honest way.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Where are the riot-grrrls of today? Take your daughters to the movie, then ask them.
The Dissolve
Noel Murray
The Punk Singer is assembled well, moving efficiently through the most important pieces of Hanna's biography...while Hanna and her friends explain the significance.
NPR
Ella Taylor
At its best, The Punk Singer tells the story of one pivotal life in a whole movement.
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
Extensive interviews with Hanna then and now are included, along with band mates, friends, mentors and several different critics and journalists.
New York Times
Nicolas Rapold
Ms. Hanna and her message of empowerment are disappointingly translated very nearly into a cult of personality in this film's idolizing portrayal.
AV Club
Kyle Ryan
A little more distance could have been beneficial, but The Punk Singer is enlightening regardless.
Los Angeles Times
Inkoo Kang
Fascinatingly traces the evolution of a woman who once sang, "I'm your worst nightmare come to life" in her youth, was hated at a formative age for all the wrong reasons and now has forged a quiet but committed existence as an ailing revolutionary.
Variety
Dennis Harvey
This exciting assemblage of archival and interview materials recalls the considerable influence (and sometime public trivialization) of the 1990s riot grrrl movement while showcasing the role of its co-founder and most charismatic leader.
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