The Punk Singer

Sini Anderson only had 30 days to raise $44,000 to fund her documentary on one of her best friends and she went to Kickstarter to get the support she needed. But who was this best friend that deserved her very own documentary? It was Kathleen Hanna, lead singer of the punk band Bikini Kill, punk-new wave band Le Tigre and one of the most famously outspoken feminist icons of her generation.

"I thought it was a really good time for people to know not just about Le Tigre, but about her story," Anderson said of the lead singer in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. In the beginning, Hanna hesitated but soon was on board with the project and cooperated with telling the world about the struggles she encountered throughout her career, including a battle with Lyme Disease.

The film had its world premiere at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas and has since been on a tour across the United States playing in numerous film festivals. The film even made a stop in Long Beach at this years Q Film Festival where the film was followed by a question and answer session with the filmmakers.

"It was so much fun. I learned a lot of things about Kathleen Hanna that I did not know before. And Kurt Cobain was mentioned, too," Long Beach resident and riot grrrl supporter Viviana Gonzalez, 28, said.

The film will be released in theaters Friday, Nov. 29 and will also be available on Video on Demand on the same day.