Fanny: The Right to Rock – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

MOVIE OF THE WEEK May 20, 2022 – FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK

May 15, 2022June 4, 2022 Jennifer Merin Alice de Buhr, betsy bozdech, Bobbi Jo Hart, Brie Brandt, Cam Davis, Cate Marquis, Cinema Citizen, documentary, Fanny: The Right to Rock, Jean Millington, jennifer merin, june Millington, leslie combemale, liz whittemore, loren king, Marilyn Ferdinand., motw, Movie of the Week, Nickey Barclay, Pam Grady, Patti Quatro, sandie angulo chen

If you heard that David Bowie told Rolling Stone in 1999 that a group popular in the 1970s was “one of the finest f–ing rock bands of their time,” who would you guess he was talking about? Led Zepplin? The Who? Deep Purple? Wrong, wrong, and wrong. He was heaping praise on Fanny, the groundbreaking all-female band formed by Filipina sisters Jean and June Millington, whose story is told in Bobbi Jo Hart’s rousing documentary Fanny: The Right to Rock.

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FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK – Review by Jennifer Merin

May 9, 2022May 14, 2022 Jennifer Merin Alice de Buhr, Bobbi Jo Hart, Brie Brandt, Cam Davis, Cinema Citizen, documentary, Fanny: The Right to Rock, June Millington Jean Millington, motw, Movie of the Week, Nickey Barclay, Patti Quatro

Fanny: The Right to Rock is filmmaker Bobbi Jo Hart’s completely captivating documentary about the first all-girl rock band, Fanny, and how this sisterhood of talented and tenacious Filipina women musicians almost became the female equivalent of The Beatles — but didn’t. But hopefully this lively film will bring them the recognition — read that as adoration — they deserve.

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FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK – Review by Susan Wloszczyna

May 9, 2022May 14, 2022 Susan Wloszczyna Alice de Buhr, Bobbi Jo Hart, Brie Brandt, Cam Davis, Cinema Citizen, documentary, Fanny: The Right to Rock, June Millington Jean Millington, motw, Movie of the Week, Nickey Barclay, Patti Quatro, Richard Perry

There was a time when girl groups like the Ronettes, the Crystals and the Supremes would simply sing, prance and dance while providing eye candy on stage. But everything changed in 1969, when two sisters of Filipina descent, ended up living in Los Angeles and forming a backyard rock band. Lead guitarist June Millington and her bass-playing sibling, Jean, decided to upset the norm, as they strapped on their axes and beat male rock bands at their own game.

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FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK – Review by Liz Whittemore

May 9, 2022May 13, 2022 Liz Whittemore Alice de Buhr, Bobbi Jo Hart, Brie Brandt, Cam Davis, Cinema Citizen, documentary, Fanny: The Right to Rock, June Millington Jean Millington, motw, Movie of the Week, Nickey Barclay, Patti Quatro

Sexism, racism, and rock & roll, Fanny: The Right To Rock is the story of how two Filipina American sisters started Fanny, the legendary rock group you may have never heard of until now. Jean and June Millington used to gather a crowd in their California backyard. After they decided to put together a band comprised of extraordinarily fearless and talented female musicians, the road to Fanny began.

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FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK – Review by Loren King

May 9, 2022May 15, 2022 Loren King Alice de Buhr, Bobbi Jo Hart, Brie Brandt, Cam Davis, documentary, Fanny: The Right to Rock, Jean Millington, june Millington, motw, Movie of the Week, Nickey Barclay, Patti Quatro

Not only is Bobbi Jo Hart’s documentary Fanny: The Right to Rock an entertaining eye opener about the seminal, ceiling-cracking all-women band, it’s up-to-the-moment contemporary history about how these rock and roll women are still setting a living example and influencing new generations of women musicians.