BAD REPUTATION

Director: Kevin Kerslake

93, R

Cast: Adam Horovitz, Alison Mosshart, Anne Larkin, Bill Curbishley, Billie Joe Armstrong, Carianne Brinkman, Cherie Currie, Chris Stein, Debbie Harry, Dana White, Don Bolles, Dougie Needles, Elliot Saltzman, Eric Ambel, Evelyn McDonnell, Gary Ryan, Gene Baur, General Kevin Byrnes, Ian MacKaye, Iggy Pop, Kathleen Hanna, Kenny Laguna, Kristen Stewart, Laura Jane Grace, Meryl Laguna, Michael J. Fox, Michelle Cho, Mike Ness, Miley Cyrus, Nikki Haley, Pete Townshend, Phanie Diaz, Rodney Bingenheimer, Sally Hershberger, Toby Mamis, Thom Panunzio, Thommy Price.

 

Add one more item to the Reasons Why Women Are Angry list: it took a call out from the stage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony by Nirvana bassist Kris Novoselic to win an overdue nomination for Joan Jett.
The new documentary by Kevin Kerslake (who directed three Nirvana music videos) celebrates the punk-onstage, humble-in-person vibe of Joan Jett, whose music riled up girls first with the Runaways, and then the Blackhearts. Hanging out with Jett and her managers, hearing about her inspiration from a wide variety of artists from Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry to Taylor Swift, is way more fun than most things you can do on a weekday night!

“A punk call-to-arms about being yourself, this Joan Jett documentary vibrates with attitude and a true spirit of independence.” Time Out New York.