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At age 15, feminist icon and activist Ani DiFranco was an emancipated minor and a singer-songwriter star in the coffee house music scene. At 19, she started Righteous Babe, her own record label, and released her self-titled first album a year later in 1990 — followed by 22 albums over the next 33 years and collaborations with Pete Seeger, Cyndi Lauper, and Prince. With intimate access to the 54-year-old’s creative and personal life — she is bisexual, married, a mother of two, and still “DIY all the way” — Dana Flor introduces the viewer to an artistically evolving, ardently self-evaluating version of the rebel prodigy; and draws decades-long fans into the vulnerable, real-time struggles of a middle-aged righteous babe.

Presented with support from The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation Fund and The R.G. Rifkind Endowment for Queer Cinema

2024     79 MIN.     USA     8 ABOVE

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“Anti-folk singer-songwriter, political activist, feminist icon and LGBTQ+ rights campaigner: it shouldn’t be surprising that Ani DiFranco has also been a pioneering force in independent music for over three decades.”
– Andy Fyfe, Mojo

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