Fanny: The Right to Rock

As we learn in Ms. Hart’s very entertaining survey of the ’70s L.A. rock scene, Fanny would have stood out today for several reasons.

The movie serves as an eye-opening look into one of the most important bands of whom too few people have heard...Heavily punctuated with performance clips, the film gives the kind of visual and aural testimony that mere history books cannot.

What the movie showcases best from its subjects... is the humor and ease of women who have survived a lifetime of setbacks and strife.

A terrific and eye-opening documentary and an amendment to misconceptions.

It’s a tender, intimate portrait of these groundbreakers as they prepare to release a reunion album in their 60s.

"Fanny: The Right to Rock" remains thoroughly engaging thanks to the demonstrable talent and brassy forthrightness of its central personalities.

Alas, the tragedy of ‘Fanny’ is that they arrived too early and then came back too late, but this documentary doesn’t offer a tale of wrong timing, but rather, a heartwarming ode to one of the forgotten pioneers of rock & roll.

Luckily for Hart, the story of Fanny overlaps with a lot of other issues that give The Right to Rock a sturdier platform of relevance.

A terrific primer both on a specific band and a specific moment in time, and how the music and the moments of our youth unwittingly shape our entire lives.

A little-known story that deserves to be heard, and this documentary is a blast for music lovers old and new.