Not Bad for a Girl is a documentary on women musicians of the 90's from the indie rock music genre grunge and Riot Grrrl and celebrates madness, creativity, and gender play. Tina Silvey was the executive producer. Silvey Co. had been producing MTV music videos for most of the well known indie grunge/indie bands including: Nirvana,Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Mudhoney, Stone Temple Pilots, The...
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Not Bad for a Girl is a documentary on women musicians of the 90's from the indie rock music genre grunge and Riot Grrrl and celebrates madness, creativity, and gender play. Tina Silvey was the executive producer. Silvey Co. had been producing MTV music videos for most of the well known indie grunge/indie bands including: Nirvana,Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Mudhoney, Stone Temple Pilots, The Smashing Pumpkins, Liquid Jesus, Concrete Blonde, and The Replacements. Not Bad for a Girl was written and directed by rock phenomenologist feminist Lisa Rose Apramian, edited by Kyle C. Kyle, drummer for Venus and the Razerblades, the Motels, Wafflebutt, and the Wild Stares and co-produced by Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain. It was originally released in 1995 on VHS and is being re-released on DVD with the companion Not Bad for a Girl book in the spring of 2009. Awarded Best Documentary at the New York Underground Film Festival 1996.
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