1-800-On-Her-Own (2024)
Director: Dana Flor Run Time: 77 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2024
Starring: Ani DiFranco
Country: United States
Language: English
About the film:
World Premiere, 2024 Tribeca Film Festival. Ani DiFranco is an unmistakable talent who shook the ‘90s folk music scene. Her voice, unique in its tone and power, and her songwriting, full of activism and assertiveness, became a beacon particularly to young women who saw themselves in her lyrics and style. In 1990, she started Righteous Babe Records, creating a path to independently release her own music and proving herself as an artist that would do things her way despite the traditional routes.
In 1-800-ON-HER-OWN, director Dana Flor explores the life of DiFranco today, still touring and making new music, but now with a partner and two children who understandably lure her home. Beautifully vulnerable in her willingness to bring the audience into the ups-and-downs of a very famous yet still struggling to be heard artist, the film is a testament to DiFranco’s rock solid stature as an iconic musician, unwavering in her artistry.
About the filmmakers:
Dana Flor is a documentary director, producer, and writer based in Washington, DC. She co-directed and produced the film Check It, a feature-length documentary about a black gay street gang in DC, which premiered at Tribeca, and The Nine Lives of Marion Barry, a feature-length documentary about the notorious mayor that appeared on HBO. She also wrote and directed the Emmy award-winning documentary Latinos in Beisbol and the Emmy-nominated documentary Cesar Chavez for NBC.
She began her career as a news reporter and producer, working on a wide range of stories for Reuters Television, CNN, BBC, National Geographic, and others, covering breaking news in Latin America and around the world.
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