Underplayed (2020)

Directed by

Stacey Lee

Genre

documentary, music

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows several women DJs and producers working in electronic music. It shows their experiences in the music industry and the barriers they face because of their gender.

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What happens

Underplayed is a 2020 Canadian documentary film, directed by Stacey Lee. The film profiles various women in electronic music, centring in large part on their struggles to be taken as seriously as male counterparts during the 2019 music festival season due to continued gender inequality in the music business. Artists profiled in the film include Rezz, Nervo, Nightwave, Sherelle, Tygapaw, Tokimonsta and Alison Wonderland. It also contextualizes the broader history of women in electronic music, including information about pioneers such as Delia Derbyshire, Suzanne Ciani and Daphne Oram. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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