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New Kathleen Hanna documentary needs fan funding

By | Published on Monday 3 October 2011

Le Tigre

Bikini Kill and Le Tigre lady Kathleen Hanna (pictured above right) has appealed to fans to help fund ‘The Punk Singer’, a new documentary centring on her life and career as leading light of the mid-nineties fem-punk ‘riot grrrl’ movement. Currently stalled at the post-production stage, the film’s total target for completion has been set at $44,000 (£28,056).

As organised by pledge site Kickstarter, those prepared to donate $10,000 (£6,376) will win the opportunity to have Hanna herself redecorate a room in their homes, while signed merchandise is on offer to other lesser benefactors.

Says director Sini Anderson of the project: “[Kathleen Hanna has] been a lightning rod for controversy, and a famously private person. Five years ago, she disappeared from the public eye, and is only now re-emerging. ‘The Punk Singer’ combines 20 years of archival footage and an intimate look at four consecutive seasons of Hanna’s present life, to tell the story of what happened, and who she is now”.

More details here.



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