Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives

1h 3m
DocumentaryMusic
2.7

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.

Cast

Holly Near
Self
Jane Fonda
Self
Gloria Steinem
Self
Margie Adam
Self
Karen Anderson
Self
Kevin Bacon
Self
Melanie DeMore
Self
Christelle Durandy
Self
Tom Hayden
Self
Pat Hunt
Self
Fredrika Keefer
Self
Krissy Keefer
Self
Timothy Near
Self
Torie Osborn
Self
Julie M. Thompson
Self

Crew

Jim Brown
Director, Producer
Donna Korones
Executive Producer, Producer
Heather A Smith
Producer

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