Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives

Jim Brown
2019-03-01


3.5
63 min

A documentary revisiting the career of a feisty activist musician, who never quite achieved the same recognition as her similar contemporaries Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell. Experience the power of song in the struggle for equality through the story of feminist singer and activist Holly Near, who for the last 40 years has worked on global social justice coalition-building in the women’s and lesbian movements.

Cast

Name Character Team
Holly Near Self Unowned
Jane Fonda Self Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Gloria Steinem Self Unowned
Margie Adam Self Unowned
Karen Anderson Self Unowned
Kevin Bacon Self Calvin and Nobbs
Melanie DeMore Self Unowned
Christelle Durandy Self Unowned
Tom Hayden Self Unowned
Pat Hunt Self Unowned
Fredrika Keefer Self Unowned
Krissy Keefer Self Unowned
Timothy Near Self Unowned
Torie Osborn Self Unowned
Julie M. Thompson Self Unowned