riot grrrl
9 movies and shows
The Punk Singer
Fri, 29 Nov 2013
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.
Not Bad for a Girl
Thu, 06 Apr 1995
A documentary on women musicians of the 1990s from the indie rock music genre, grunge and riot grrrl including Hole, Babes in Toyland, L7 and more.
Revolution, Riot Grrrl Style
Fri, 07 Mar 2014
Today, we see a new style of feminism springing up everywhere - young, provocative and radical. To get their message across, these women have decided to rely on rock music! While the Pussy Riot shock Russia and fascinate the West, the concerts of Peaches or Grimes are sold out, while artists such as Kathleen Hanna make their comeback to remind us that it all began in 1990 in some backwater of the United States. The RIOT GRRRLS revolutionized rock and inspired entire generations of young artists around the world. This film will explore today s feminist scene while revisiting the little known history of this revolution that shook the early 90s.
Don't Need You - The Herstory of Riot Grrrl
Wed, 20 Apr 2005
A documentary film that tells the story of the origins of Riot Grrrl in the American independent music scene of the 1990s, and how this feminist movement evolved into a revolutionary underground network of education and self-awareness through music, writing, activism, and women-friendly community.
Grunge Pedal
Fri, 19 Mar 1993
Starring Vehicle for Free Kitten. Kim Gordon, Julie Cafritz, & Mark Ibold lounge on suburban lawns, jamming a guitar effects box & Japanese beat boxes. Thurston reads lyrics off Public Service (early 80's L.A. hardcore compilation), and Saccharine Trust's "Pagan Icons". Mark, in English accent, reads bio penned by Byron Coley.
Grrrl Love and Revolution: Riot Grrrl NYC
Tue, 29 Nov 2011
Documents the underground feminist punk movement 'Riot Grrrl', a network of bands and fanzines that called for 'grrrl love' and 'grrrl empowerment' and whose fiery rhetoric and groundbreaking performances resuscitated both feminism and punk rock.
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
Mon, 12 Jan 2026
In 1997, the feminist punk poet and experimental writer Kathy Acker interviewed the Spice Girls for the Guardian (not, as has passed into legend, US Vogue). The Spice Girls were at the height of their fame, flicking peace signs at us from every teenage girl’s bedroom wall on posters ripped from magazines. Acker on the other hand was an unapologetic weirdo in the same vein as William S Burroughs, writing books so filled with sex, incest and violence that West Germany banned Blood and Guts in High School for being too pornographic. SEE THIS NEVER SEEN BEFORE EVA BERRY EXCLUSIVE NOW! NOW! NOW!
Faça Você Mesma
Thu, 10 Sep 2020
The documentary presents relics of the Riot Girrrl scene in Brazil that landed in São Paulo through cassette tape coming from the US state of Washington, where the movement was born.