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The Gits
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Saturday July 5, 2008 (9:30pm)
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- Price
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$7
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Note: The documentary also screens on Monday, July 7, at the Landmark Embarcadero Center Cinemas at 8pm.
In the early '90s, Seattle outfit the Gits were rising stars in the Northwest punk scene — thanks in no small part to the ferocious stage presence and Janis Joplin-meets-Patti Smith vocals of frontwoman Mia Zapata. But Zapata's brutal rape and murder in 1993 cut short the band's promise and ended a life far too soon. This documentary chronicles the singer's life, the early riot-grrrl scene, and the Gits' brief but dazzling history. Coupling footage of the band's performances with the painful 11-year search for Zapata's murderer, the film is a touching tribute to the memory of a much-missed grrrl and her band. Gits drummer Steve Moriarty's new band, the American Professionals, perform after the screening.
