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  • 2022
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  • 2022
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  • 1 h 36 m

Summary 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 (Warner/Reprise, 1970). Despite releasing 5 critically-...

Directed By: Bobbi Jo Hart

Written By: Bobbi Jo Hart

  • 2022
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2022
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 36 m

Fanny: The Right to Rock

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Summary 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 (Warner/Reprise, 1970). Despite releasing 5 critically-...

Directed By: Bobbi Jo Hart

Written By: Bobbi Jo Hart

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May 26, 2022
Sometimes, the greatest tales in rock n’ roll involve bands or singers who haven’t made the Hall of Fame or made the playlists for classic rock stations. If you want both the best sounds or the best stories, you have to search. Thankfully, Bobbi Jo Hart has saved the rest of us a lot of effort with her new documentary Fanny: The Right to Rock. She doesn’t have to exert herself to prove that the early 70s combo deserves a place in the pantheon. The ample performance clips from the era speak for themselves loudly.
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Jun 14, 2022
Even if it still isn’t the band’s time (as Bowie might say), Fanny: The Right to Rock is essential viewing for every student of rock history, not to mention feminism.
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May 26, 2022
What the movie showcases best from its subjects, then, is the humor and ease of women who have survived a lifetime of setbacks and strife. Fanny has already proven itself — what’s left is for us to enjoy its growing catalog.
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Apr 21, 2022
The band’s rippling impact is undeniable.
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Production Company Adobe Productions International
Release Date May 27, 2022
Duration 1 h 36 m
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Website https://www.facebook.com/FannyTheRightToRock/
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Awards

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Two Riversides Film and Art Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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