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One record producer, the creators of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and top indie rock artists come together to create a tribute album benefiting the Hetrick-Martin Institute, home of Harvey Milk High School, the first accredited school in the country for LGBTQ youth. Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig weaves the compelling, courageous stories of four students at this controversial school with a unique chronicle of the yearlong creation of Wig in a Box, the album whose songs poignantly echo these teens struggles and aspirations. Through a dramatic and vibrant combination of verité documentation, student video diaries, and rare in-studio scenes of artists recording tracks, Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig offers a powerful look at this unique intersection of youth, gender and rock.
Featuring Yoko Ono, Rufus Wainwright, Stephen Colbert, Cyndi Lauper, The Breeders, Yo La Tengo, Ben Folds, They Might Be Giants, Sleater Kinney and many more plus Hedwig and the Angry Inch creators John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask.
Director: Katherine Linton
Producers: Kim Connell, Joel Pomeroy, Stephanie Strong
Executive Producers: Kelly Sheehan, Innes Smolansky
Director of Photography: Joel Pomeroy
Editor: Kim Connell
2006, 110 minutes
REVIEWS
“Raucous and celebratory and triumphant … this is a film everyone should see.“ – Huffington Post
“Inspirational, moving … an infectious concoction!” – New York Downtown Press
“You’ll be angry if you miss this one.” – San Francisco Bay Times
“The students’ gripping and inspiring stories are truly worth seeing.” – GAFFA
“Stellar musicians and courageous queer teenagers … pretty much the most amazing, if hard to pin down genre-wise, DVD ever.” – Logo TV
“Incredibly candid and personal stories … in equal parts devastating, uproarious, charming and inspiring… interlaced with the luscious and incredibly emotive tracks laid down in the recording sessions… Ultimately uplifting.” – Sense of Cinema
HONORS & FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Official Selection, Tribeca Film Festival
Official Selection, Frameline Film Festival
Official Selection, Melbourne International Film Festival
Official Selection, Seattle Film Festival
Official Selection, Austin G&L International Film Festival
Official Selection, Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón, Spain
Official Selection, Southwest G&L Film Festival
Official Selection, QueerDOC Australia
Official Selection, QueerLisboa, Lisbon
Official Selection, Outsiders Liverpool L&G Film Festival