Radical Harmonies

Director: Dee Mosbacher
Studio: Wolfe Video
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Radical Harmonies chronicles the Women's Music Cultural Movement and its
evolution from a "girl with guitar" to a revolution in the roles of women in music
and culture. The movement gave birth to an alternative industry that changed
women and music forever.
Through festival and performance footage, interviews, and archival material,
the film delves into the rich and beautiful history of women creating a
cultural life based in a commitment to diversity, personal integrity, feminism and
women loving women. In its heyday, during the 1970s and 80s, women's music
offered a different message than mainstream musical culture. It opened doors for
women musicians, producers, sound and light technicians and for new women-owned
recording companies and women-oriented shows. Pioneers like Cris Williamson,
Margie Adam and Linda Tillery recall the frustrations and the triumphs of
finding women sound engineers and other professionals in a completely
male-dominated industry.
Although several films have highlighted aspects of women's music, this
groundbreaking documentary is the first to explore the full depth and spectrum of
its history and impact. Radical Harmonies features such early stars of women's
music as Meg Christian, Holly Near, and Mary Watkins, as well as contemporary
artists Indigo Girls, Ani DiFranco, Bitch and Animal, and Melissa Ferrick.
Additionally, the film highlights the whole infrastructure that made possible the
recording, production, and dissemination of the work of these talented
performers.

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Runningn Time 92 Min

Format: DVD MOVIE

Average customer rating:

a look into the history of women's music
A powerful documentary about the history of women's music

Radical Harmonies
Director: Dee Mosbacher
Manufacturer: Wolfe Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Release Date: 2004-09-28

Product Description

Radical Harmonies chronicles the Women's Music Cultural Movement and its
evolution from a "girl with guitar" to a revolution in the roles of women in music
and culture. The movement gave birth to an alternative industry that changed
women and music forever.
Through festival and performance footage, interviews, and archival material,
the film delves into the rich and beautiful history of women creating a
cultural life based in a commitment to diversity, personal integrity, feminism and
women loving women. In its heyday, during the 1970s and 80s, women's music
offered a different message than mainstream musical culture. It opened doors for
women musicians, producers, sound and light technicians and for new women-owned
recording companies and women-oriented shows. Pioneers like Cris Williamson,
Margie Adam and Linda Tillery recall the frustrations and the triumphs of
finding women sound engineers and other professionals in a completely
male-dominated industry.
Although several films have highlighted aspects of women's music, this
groundbreaking documentary is the first to explore the full depth and spectrum of
its history and impact. Radical Harmonies features such early stars of women's
music as Meg Christian, Holly Near, and Mary Watkins, as well as contemporary
artists Indigo Girls, Ani DiFranco, Bitch and Animal, and Melissa Ferrick.
Additionally, the film highlights the whole infrastructure that made possible the
recording, production, and dissemination of the work of these talented
performers.

System Requirements:

Runningn Time 92 Min

Format: DVD MOVIE

Customer Reviews:

a look into the history of women's music.......2007-07-05

This documentary is a must for everyone! It traces the roots of woman's music from the "early days" to the present. It was very nostalgic for me remembering many of the women's concerts and festivals I had attended years ago. Considering the number of women performers, most of them are represented in the video. A few might be missing but I think this tape is wonderful. A great gift for your womyn friends!!! Thank you Dee Mosbacher!

A powerful documentary about the history of women's music.......2006-01-07

Put on your birkenstocks, strum your guitar, and sit back and love the
energy of this documentary. Or just watch it for the unprecedented history and well-made documentary. It's wonderful, regardless of your age,
gender, sex, or sexuality. It's informative, it's inspiring, it's a
tribute to women's and lesbian music and history, and it's definitely "RA
RA" in the best of ways. You will laugh, you will learn, you will
sing-along, you may even get a little moisture in your eyes -- and you
will definitely come out empowered.

Producer/Director Dee Mosbacher has made a masterpiece to tribute the
women who paved the road for women's and lesbian liberation. Focusing on
the Michigan Women's Music Festival -- but really telling the story of so
much more in the grand scheme of women's liberation -- the film has
interviews with music greats (and queer feminist icons) like Amy Ray,
Tracy Chapman, Melissa Ethridge, Ani Difranco, Holly Near; the list goes
on. Each one speaks poignantly, emotionally, and politically about what
the festival means to them, and how women's music has been such a great
part of the women's liberation movement. There are also clips from
Michigan festivals throughout its history, of the performances, the
speeches, and the audience.

Not only has Dee Mosbacher been an Academy-Award nominee for documentary
filmmaking, Radical Harmonies also won Best Documentary at the San
Francisco LGBT film festival and Best Soundtrack at OutFest L.A.. There is
no doubt that this is a masterpiece -- both the film itself and the story
it tells.

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