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Bobbi Jo Hart s DOXA entry proves that Fanny earned the right to rock in the 70s

by Steve Newton on April 24th, 2021 at 1:00 PM 1 of 2 2 of 2 There s no shortage of music films to see at this year s DOXA Documentary Film Festival, which streams online from May 6 to 16. You ve got Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché, a look at the life of the first mainstream Black woman in British punk rock; Sisters with Transistors, about the history of women in electronic music; and the world premiere of The Rumba Kings, which celebrates the rich tradition of Congolese rumba. Also worth considering is Ahmir Questlove Thompson s doc on the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, And then there s Fanny: The Right to Rock, which gets the inside scoop on the very first all-female rock band to get signed to a major label. If you ve never heard of Fanny, don t be too surprised. The way the groundbreaking Filipino-American quartet was overlooked in the history of rock n roll despite releasing five acclaimed albums and developing a sound that blew the socks off none other than Dav

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