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  • 2021
  • Metrograph Pictures
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2021
  • Metrograph Pictures
  • 1 h 26 m

Summary Narrated by legendary multimedia artist Laurie Anderson, Lisa Rovner’s Sisters with Transistors showcases the music of and rare interviews with female electronic pioneers Clara Rockmore, Delia Derbyshire, Daphne Oram, Éliane Radigue, Maryanne Amacher, Bebe Barron, Suzanne Ciani, Pauline Oliveros, Laurie Spiegel, and Wendy Carlos.. As Rov...

Directed By: Lisa Rovner

Written By: Sophia Al-Maria, Lisa Rovner

  • 2021
  • Metrograph Pictures
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2021
  • Metrograph Pictures
  • 1 h 26 m

Sisters with Transistors

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Summary Narrated by legendary multimedia artist Laurie Anderson, Lisa Rovner’s Sisters with Transistors showcases the music of and rare interviews with female electronic pioneers Clara Rockmore, Delia Derbyshire, Daphne Oram, Éliane Radigue, Maryanne Amacher, Bebe Barron, Suzanne Ciani, Pauline Oliveros, Laurie Spiegel, and Wendy Carlos.. As Rov...

Directed By: Lisa Rovner

Written By: Sophia Al-Maria, Lisa Rovner

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100
Apr 23, 2021
Lisa Rovner’s superb documentary pays a deeply deserved, seldom-expressed tribute to the female composers, musicians and inventors from the brief history of electronic music.
By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW
90
Apr 29, 2021
The film is a vital historical corrective, inscribing the names of these women into history as the innovators, independent thinkers and trailblazers they were.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
90
Apr 26, 2021
Perhaps one day, gender will cease to be an object of discrimination, but that day is still far off. In the meantime, we need warriors like these brilliant composers to wage war against a stacked patriarchal system.
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80
Apr 23, 2021
That the film is online because of the Covid-19 pandemic might be considered a silver lining: Not only will more people be able to see it, but they can, and should, experience it through headphones. A big screen would be nice, too, given Ms. Rovner’s hallucinogenic way with pictures. But the sound, as she would probably agree, is paramount.
By John Anderson FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 23, 2021
There’s nary a dull moment – nor a dull character – in this gripping history.
By Tara Brady FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 29, 2021
While it is gratifying to hear each woman speak on her art in her own terms, the documentary’s most illuminating moments are those that demonstrate how each musician’s work has been received by others over the years.
By Claire Shaffer FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 22, 2021
This film is informative and often fascinating.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Willow Glen Films, Anna Lena Films
Release Date Apr 23, 2021
Duration 1 h 26 m
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Awards

Monadnock International Film Festival (MONIFF)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
CPH:DOX
• 1 Nomination

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