Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives

Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives

63 mins | Documentary, Music | March 1, 2019

A documentary revisiting the career of a feisty activist musician, who never quite achieved the same recognition as her similar contemporaries Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell. Experience the power of song in the struggle for equality through the story of feminist singer and activist Holly Near, who for the last 40 years has worked on global social justice coalition-building in the women’s and lesbian movements.

Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives

63 mins | Documentary, Music | March 1, 2019

Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
A documentary revisiting the career of a feisty activist musician, who never quite achieved the same recognition as her similar contemporaries Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell. Experience the power of song in the struggle for equality through the story of feminist singer and activist Holly Near, who for the last 40 years has worked on global social justice coalition-building in the women’s and lesbian movements.
Producers Jim Brown Productions
Original title Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
Directors Jim Brown
Writers

Cast

Holly Near

as Self

Jane Fonda

as Self

Gloria Steinem

as Self

Margie Adam

as Self

Karen Anderson

as Self

Kevin Bacon

as Self

Melanie DeMore

as Self

Tom Hayden

as Self

Pat Hunt

as Self

Fredrika Keefer

as Self

Krissy Keefer

as Self

Timothy Near

as Self

Torie Osborn

as Self