Submitted by tom on Sun, 10/10/2010 - 17:33
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10/10/2010 9:00 pm
Le Tigre on Tour - Guild Cinema, 3405 Central Ave NE, Albq, NM
Kerthy Fix 2010
73 min | Documentary
Le Tigre: On Tour is a documentary that spurs on intense toe-tapping followed by full-on dance raging combined with inclusive feminist lyrics and stories about negotiating female masculinity all delivered with an intelligent vibe for queers.
This film takes an irreverent look at the band Le Tigre: revealing the motivations and the many ways they attempted to use humor when confronted with the sexism and homophobia of the rock world. Kathleen Hanna’s message to ‘ignore the haters’ is an apt description of the film’s main theme. As much a film for their diehard fans as it is for the as-yet-uninitiated, ‘Le Tigre: On Tour’ fills a niche for music fans who appreciate anger and humor as combined forces for positive change.
If a feminist ever faces sexism or homophobia and thinks, ‘What Would Le Tigre Do?’ the answer revealed in their new tour documentary is simply laugh in its face. —Jay Holloway
