Leah Land

Team Queen and Eternal Flame are screening at Ladyfest London

May 9-11 2008
Fear of a Female Planet
The Islington Arts Factory
Camden road
London, United Kingdom

Ladyfests sprang out of the American riot grrl scene and have now become a worldwide institution, celebrating womens and queer and feminist creativities. The festival features live music, workshops, panel discussions and a programme of films. These films give us a chance to put our culture and experiences as women centre stage for a change and to celebrate a small fraction of the diverse range of women making films all around the world.

Leading on from the origins of Ladyfest we are excited to be showing a programme of films documenting some of our favourite musicians and music scenes including: It Changed my Life, Lucy Thane’s film about Huggy Bear and Bikini Kill’s 1993 UK tour, which includes live footage and interviews with the bands and their fans. Kerri Koch’s rarely shown seminal riot grrl film Don’t Need You ( www.urbancowgirlproductions.com ) focuses on the American music scene with rare footage of Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill etc. And bringing us up to date Katharina Ellerbrock’s award-winning film Female + Queer words + Beats ( www.myspace.com/kc100 ) features some of our present day musical sheroes including Le Tigre, Rhythm King and Her Friends and Lesbians on Ecstasy. We are proud to be presenting the UK premiere of Female + Queer Words + Beat, with both Katharina and Lucy on hand to discuss their films. There will also be a panel discussion on Riot Grrl taking place in the Holloway Resource Centre, see the main programme for more details.

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