Sisters with Transistors
2020 · Movie · 86 min · ★ 6.9 · 90% critics
This documentary challenges the idea that electronic music was built only by men, tracing how women helped invent key devices, techniques, and signature sounds from the very start. It highlights their lasting influence on how electronic music evolved and how we listen today.
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2021-09-01
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 90/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (19 votes)
About
If you enjoy music documentaries that rethink familiar stories and spotlight overlooked contributors, this is a strong pick; Not for you if you want a broad, year-by-year survey like 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything.
Pros: eye-opening music history; celebrates overlooked innovators; inspiring perspective | Cons: narrow focus for some; less about modern scenes; may feel repetitive
Themes
- music history
- pioneer women
- electronic music
- experimental music
Cast & crew
Laurie Anderson
as Narrator (voice)
Delia Derbyshire
as Self (archive footage)
- SC
Suzanne Ciani
as Self
- BB
Bebe Barron
as Self (archive footage)
Laurie Spiegel
as Self
Éliane Radigue
as Self
Wendy Carlos
as Self
- PO
Pauline Oliveros
as Self (archive footage)
- CR
Clara Rockmore
as Self
- DO
Daphne Oram
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by Lisa Rovner