Credits:

Billie Joe Armstrong
Deborah Harry
Michael J. Fox
Ian MacKaye
Iggy Pop
Mike Ness
Pete Townshend
Miley Cyrus
Kristen Stewart

Description:

Sticking to his convictions and making sense.
The explosive life of Joan Jett, a symbol of rock and roll, who was rejected by 23 major record companies and faced various prejudices, discrimination, preconceptions, and absurdities head-on.

She was a core member of The Runaways, a 5-piece female band that had a big hit in Japan in the late 70's. After the band broke up, she continued her solo career as "Joan Jett & The Blackhearts," and "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" was #1 on the Billboard charts for 7 consecutive weeks. In 2015, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The 95-minute documentary film "Joan Jett: Bad Reputation" chronicles the life of Joan Jett from her childhood to the present day, spanning nearly half a century.
The film also depicts the history of The Runaways, including their discovery by Los Angeles producer Kim Fowley, their concert in Japan that was greeted with Beatles-like enthusiasm, and their breakup triggered by the Japanese media, as well as the pain she experienced as a woman in the completely male-dominated American music industry. The film also depicts the history of The Runaways, including the breakup of the group in the wake of the Japanese media, as well as the struggles Joan Jett experienced as a woman in a completely male-dominated U.S. music industry, and her label management with band member and close friend Kenny Laguna (THE BLACKHEARTS) after her solo career, revealing her struggle to "keep playing pure rock and roll" in a tough music industry.
In addition to Jett himself, the cast includes Sandy West and Shelley Curley (The Runaways), Iggy Pop, Don Boles (Germs), Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day), Adam Horowitz (Beastie Boys), Kathleen Hanna (Beastie Boys), and Kathleen Hanna (The Beasties). Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill), Ian McKay (Fugazi), Pete Townsend (The Who), Miley Cyrus, Alison Mosshart (The Kills), Michael J. Fox, Kristen Stewart (in the movie "Runaways (who played Joan Jett in the movie "Runaways"), and many others. Many from the punk rock world appear in the film because Joan Jett is the producer of GERMS' classic album "(GI)", which is one of the most important albums in the history of American punk and American hardcore. The book also tells the story of the 1993 rape and murder of Mia Zapata, the female vocalist of the Ohio band The Gits, in which Joan Jett released an album with the remaining members, donated all royalties to the investigation, and helped bring the perpetrators to justice 11 years later in 2004.
The film follows the life of a musician who has fought against adversity for half a century to achieve his pure purpose, and presents the importance and beauty of pushing forward without pandering to a world that does not agree with you, no matter what the circumstances. The purity and directness of Joan Jett's desire to play the guitar is sure to leave something important in the viewer's heart.
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