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Finding Fanny

A pale-yellow convertible crawls down an open road. Fists pump in the air, flashes of grey hair billow in the wind. The trio at the core of pioneering rock band Fanny are blasting their first album in decades, hurtling down the highway on a wave of hope.

Fanny: The Right To Rock introduces one of the very first all-female rock bands, one that paved the way for generations to come, yet never quite got its due. While Fanny was active in the 1970s and the members are now in their early 70s, the film pulses with the feeling that their long-deserved recognition is just around the bend.

“The convertible scene was a bit of an ode to rocking on the road and doing shit

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