From 4-time Emmy Award®-winner Jim Brown Comes This Doc Featuring New Interviews with Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, Ronnie Gilbert and Kevin Bacon, Bonus Live Performances and Interviews and an Additional 8 Minutes Not Seen on the Original American Masters® Broadcast.
Singer, songwriter, and social activist Holly Near has been performing for well over 50 years and in the process created what Gloria Steinem called, "the first soundtrack of the women's movement." From small-town Northern California to sold-out shows on some of the most iconic stages to million-person peace marches, HOLLY NEAR: SINGING FOR OUR LIVES documents the story of the activist and her art. Soaring anthems that call for women's rights, gay rights, anti-war protests and all human rights, Near's music speaks directly to the world's young political activists of today. It also serves as an important testament to a time-a time of protest and coalition building, and the weaving of a multicultural consciousness always rooted in contemporary activism...
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