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MPLS Festival Film | THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ALLEE WILLIS
Nov
13

MPLS Festival Film | THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ALLEE WILLIS

Songwriter / artist Allee Willis, best known for writing the "Friends" theme song, the Earth Wind & Fire mega-hit "September" and "The Color Purple" musical, began filming her life as a kid in 1950s Detroit and never stopped. She pursued creative expression at all costs while struggling with not fitting established gender and sexual norms… until she found a path to love.

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MPLS Festival Film | IT'S ALL GONNA BREAK
Nov
14

MPLS Festival Film | IT'S ALL GONNA BREAK

Filmmaker Stephen Chung pulls back the curtain on the community of musicians and friends centered around the trailblazing band Broken Social Scene. This stunning POV documentary features never before seen archival footage and pays tribute to the power of indie music and the artists who started out in Toronto bars before rocketing to global fame.

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MPLS Festival Film | 1-800-ON-HER-OWN + FARM GRRRL FOLK PUNK: MOTHERWORT (short film)
Nov
16

MPLS Festival Film | 1-800-ON-HER-OWN + FARM GRRRL FOLK PUNK: MOTHERWORT (short film)

1-800-ON-HER-OWN follows groundbreaking indie musician/feminist Ani DiFranco, founder of the first “woman-run non-corporate queer-happy” label, Righteous Babe Records, on a wild road trip from her punk-folk past to her life today as an activist and rock star. Throughout, Ani remains resolutely true to herself, no matter the cost.

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