KINNIE STARR

Play Your Gender (2016)

 

In 2012, Kinnie Starr was approached to make a film about herself, but chose instead to make a film about the gender gap in the music industry. By 2016, the film was completed. A collaboration with Stephanie Clattenburg and Sahar Yousefi, Play Your Gender continues to grow in the international film festival circuit. This film is a look at the lack of gender parity in the fields of songwriting, music production and live sound. It features interviews with Sara Quin (Tegan & Sara), Melissa auf der Maur (Smashing Pumpkins), Patti Schemel (Hole), and Chantal Kreviazuk among many others.

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In the age of #metoo, #timesup and the PRS foundation Keychange initiative, this subject matter, long at the centre of causes Starr has championed, is now more relevant than ever.

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Play Your Gender will be screened at the 2018 Reeperbahn Festival, where Kinnie will be doing an on-site Q&A session. We also have a confirmed screening at the 2018 Breakout West festival.

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