Sisters With Transistors
Think of early electronic music and you’ll likely see men pushing buttons, knobs, and boundaries. While electronic music is often perceived as a boys club, the truth is from the very beginning women have been integral in inventing the devices, techniques and tropes that would define the shape of sound for years to come. As one of the film’s subjects, Laurie Spiegel explains: “We women were especially drawn to electronic music when the possibility of a woman composing was in itself controversial. Electronics let us make music that could be heard by others without having to be taken seriously by the male-dominated establishment.”
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Credits
Director: |
Lisa Rovner |
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Producer: |
Anna Lena Vaney, Marcus Werner Hed |
Editor: |
Mariko Montpetit, Michael Aaglund, Kara Blake |
Contact
Public Film Contact: |
Anna Lena Vaney
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Publicity Contact: |
Lisa Rovner
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