Directed by:
Sarah PriceCast:
Lydia Lunch, Shirley Manson, Krist Novoselic, Brody Dalle, Joan Jett, Vaginal Davis, Courtney Love (a.f.), Nick Cave (a.f.), Billy Corgan (a.f.), Roddy Bottum (more)Plots(1)
L7: Pretend We're Dead takes us on an all-access journey into the 1990's grunge movement that took the world by storm and the band that helped define it as the genre of a generation. Culled from over 100 hours of vintage home movies taken by the band, never-before-seen performance footage and candid interviews, L7: Pretend We're Dead is an engrossing time capsule told from the perspective of L7, these true insiders who brought their signature blend of grunge punk to the masses! Chronicling the early days of the band's formation in 1985 to their height as the 'queens of grunge', the film takes a roller coaster ride through L7's triumphs and failures, providing never-before-discussed insight into the band's eventual dissolution in 2001. Formed by Donita Sparks and Suzi Gardner - guitars/vocals, the band completed their lineup with the addition of Jennifer Finch on bass/vocals and Dee Plakas on drums. To highlight the fact that L7 was an all-female group, however, was to miss the point. Yet the "gender issue" would return time and again for the band; from shock jocks refusing to play "chick rock" to academics accusing the band of "incorrectly" embracing their feminism to hard rock press implying the band was merely riding a wave of "grrl power" trendiness. Despite these obstacles, L7: Pretend We're Dead shows the thread of influence the band had not only on rock and roll but on future generations of women everywhere and is, at the end, a testament to the pioneering spirit of a band that refuses to take anything lying down. (Wienerworld)
(more)Cast
Lydia Lunch
USA
Best movies:
Godkiller (2010)
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)
Shirley Manson
UK
Best movies:
Knife Fight (2012)
Krist Novoselic
USA
Best movies:
Nirvana: With the Lights Out (2004)
Brody Dalle
Australia
Joan Jett
USA
Best movies:
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
Ordinary World (2016)
Light of Day (1987)
Vaginal Davis
USA
Best movies:
Live Nude Girls (1995)
Hustler White (1996)
Courtney Love (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Man on the Moon (1999)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Basquiat (1996)
Nick Cave (a.f.)
Australia
Best movies:
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: The Videos (1998) (video compilation)
Idiot Prayer (2020) (concert)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Billy Corgan (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Spun (2002)
Roddy Bottum
USA
Best movies:
Who Cares a Lot?: The Greatest Videos (1999) (music video)
Ian MacKaye (a.f.)
USA
Tre Cool (a.f.)
West Germany
Best movies:
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Live Freaky Die Freaky (2006)
Mike Dirnt (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Live Freaky Die Freaky (2006)
Exene Cervenka
USA
Best movies:
Prey for Rock & Roll (2003) - a.f.
Floundering (1994)