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Fanny: The Right to Rock (2021)

Harris Theater

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Enjoy free music documentary screenings at the Harris Theater as part of the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival!

FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK screens May 31st, June 3rd, and 6th. All screenings start at 5:30PM.

About the film:

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 issue an LP with a major record label (Warner/Reprise, 1970). Despite releasing five critically-acclaimed albums over five years, touring with famed bands from Slade to Chicago and amassing a dedicated fan base of music legends including David Bowie, Fanny's groundbreaking impact in music was written out of history... until bandmates reunite 50 years later with a new rock record deal. With incredible archival footage of the band's rocking past intercut with its next chapter releasing a new LP today, the film includes interviews with a large cadre of music icons, including Def Leppard's Joe Elliott, Bonnie Raitt, The Go-Go's Kathy Valentine, Todd Rundgren, The Runaways' Cherie Currie, Lovin' Spoonful's John Sebastian, The B52's Kate Pierson, Charles Neville, and David Bowie guitarist and bassist Earl Slick and Gail Ann Dorsey. Fighting early barriers of race, gender and sexuality in the music industry, and now ageism, the incredible women of Fanny are ready to claim their hallowed place in the halls of rock 'n' roll fame.

Location

Harris Theater @ Liberty Avenue

Dates/Times

  • Friday, May 31 05:30pm - 07:00pm
  • Monday, June 03 05:30pm - 07:00pm
  • Thursday, June 06 05:30pm - 07:00pm

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