Fanny
Name/Title
FannyEntry/Object ID
2024.7.48Description
The film is a profile of Fanny, an all-female rock band from the 1970s whose members included lesbian music pioneer June Millington. Hart uses more than 80 photographs taken by bandmates’ friend Linda Wolf "to illustrate their unbridled woman power — a tangle of hair, bodies, and a baby — under the roof of Fanny Hill, a house in L.A. that Millington calls a sorority with amps.” The film premiered at the 2021 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it was named one of five winners of the Rogers Audience Award. It was subsequently screened at the 2021 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Film.Secondary Title
The Right to RockMotion Picture Details
Subject
Rock Band Fanny with June & Jean MillingtonSubject Person
June MillingtonContext
From their website: Fanny was the first all-female rock band signed to a major record label with a multi-album deal. Recording four albums from 1970 to 1973 under the Reprise record label with famed producers Richard Perry and Todd Rundgren, Fanny was a tour de force in rock ‘n’ roll music. Relive all of their great music here at this website with newly remastered CDs of their albums, plus videos and more of this great ‘70s band. Info from Wikipedia: Fanny was an American rock band, active in the early to mid 1970s. They were one of the first all-female rock groups to achieve critical and commercial success, including two Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 singles. The group was founded by sisters June and Jean Millington (on guitar and bass respectively), who had been playing music together since they moved from the Philippines to California in the early 1960s. After playing through several variations of the band, they attracted the interest of producer Richard Perry who signed them to Reprise Records in 1969 as Fanny. The band recorded four albums together before June quit the group, leading to the original line-up splitting. Following a final album, Fanny disbanded in 1975. The Millington sisters have continued to play music together since the split, and with a former drummer, Brie Howard-Darling, formed the spin-off group Fanny Walked the Earth in 2018. The group attracted critical acclaim for rejecting typical girl group styles and expectations of women in the rock industry, instead emphasizing their musical skills. Later groups such as the Go-Go's, the Bangles, and the Runaways cited Fanny as a key influence.Collection
Music (also Festivals & Radio)Category
DVD
Film/Video