“Tomboy” filmmaker Lindsay Lindenbaum spent five years following four female drummers trying to make it in a male-dominated world.
Lindenbaum profiles Bobbye Hall, a drummer who started at Motown Records in the late ’60s and later toured with Bob Dylan. Samantha Maloney, whose obsession with MTV’s “Headbangers Ball” as a teenager led her to fall in love with rock music and the band Motley Crue. Ten years later, Maloney is performing on stage with Courtney Love, drumming for the alt-rock band Hole and living the dream as Motley Crue’s drummer. There’s Chase Noelle, a performer for the all-women punk band Boytoy. Lastly, Bo-Pah Sledge is the driving force behind The Sledge Grits Band, a girl group featuring her sisters.
“Tomboy” was headed to SXSW until the coronavirus pandemic led to the festival’s cancellation. Lindenbaum had worked tirelessly in the editing room to get the documentary locked...
Lindenbaum profiles Bobbye Hall, a drummer who started at Motown Records in the late ’60s and later toured with Bob Dylan. Samantha Maloney, whose obsession with MTV’s “Headbangers Ball” as a teenager led her to fall in love with rock music and the band Motley Crue. Ten years later, Maloney is performing on stage with Courtney Love, drumming for the alt-rock band Hole and living the dream as Motley Crue’s drummer. There’s Chase Noelle, a performer for the all-women punk band Boytoy. Lastly, Bo-Pah Sledge is the driving force behind The Sledge Grits Band, a girl group featuring her sisters.
“Tomboy” was headed to SXSW until the coronavirus pandemic led to the festival’s cancellation. Lindenbaum had worked tirelessly in the editing room to get the documentary locked...
- 3/31/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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