Sisters with Transistors
| Release Date (Streaming): April 23, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Universal acclaim based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
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0
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0
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100
The GuardianLeslie FelperinApr 23, 2021
Lisa Rovner’s superb documentary pays a deeply deserved, seldom-expressed tribute to the female composers, musicians and inventors from the brief history of electronic music. Read full review
100
RogerEbert.comCharlie BrigdenApr 23, 2021
The narrative, which is wonderfully told through a kind of archival collage that, along with the futuristic soundtrack of the profiled composers, makes it feel like an avant-garde art film. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshApr 29, 2021
The film is a vital historical corrective, inscribing the names of these women into history as the innovators, independent thinkers and trailblazers they were. Read full review
90
Film ThreatChuck FosterApr 26, 2021
Perhaps one day, gender will cease to be an object of discrimination, but that day is still far off. In the meantime, we need warriors like these brilliant composers to wage war against a stacked patriarchal system. Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeApr 26, 2021
What a joy is a documentary that neither talks down to its audience nor diminishes its subject. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonApr 23, 2021
That the film is online because of the Covid-19 pandemic might be considered a silver lining: Not only will more people be able to see it, but they can, and should, experience it through headphones. A big screen would be nice, too, given Ms. Rovner’s hallucinogenic way with pictures. But the sound, as she would probably agree, is paramount. Read full review
80
The Irish TimesTara BradyApr 23, 2021
There’s nary a dull moment – nor a dull character – in this gripping history. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineWes GreeneApr 26, 2021
Much of the film’s power comes from a series of deft, often wry juxtapositions between video and audio. Read full review
70
Rolling StoneClaire ShafferApr 29, 2021
While it is gratifying to hear each woman speak on her art in her own terms, the documentary’s most illuminating moments are those that demonstrate how each musician’s work has been received by others over the years. Read full review
70
The New York TimesGlenn KennyApr 22, 2021
This film is informative and often fascinating. Read full review
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