Sisters with Transistors
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Synopsis
Follows the story of electronic music's female pioneers, composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today.
Cast
- Laurie Anderson
- Suzanne Ciani
- Delia Derbyshire
- Bebe Barron
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- Jun 5, 2021
Sisters with Transistors promises a voltage surge of untold histories, but its current is oddly miswired. Leaning toward reverent montage and gauzy narration it smooths over friction where texture and tension might have lived. Instead of letting its pioneers crackle and…
elenaMay 5, 2021On the one hand, I do really love this a LOT. I think it's a great place to start if you're curious about electronic music in general. It's a real showcase for the different philosophies among female electronic musicians, and it is absolutely WILD seeing some of them…
chipmnkOct 18, 2020•Laurie Anderson •Clara Rockmore •Suzanne Ciani •Delia Derbyshire •Daphne Oram •Éliane Radigue •Bebe Barron •Pauline Oliveros •Maryanne Amacher •Wendy Carlos •Laurie Spiegel
Mae Moreno - Jul 14, 2021
I really wanted to love this movie, and for the most part I did. But the erasure of Wendy Carlos's career soured it for me so much. At one point, Suzanne Ciani says that her score for the 1981 Incredible Shrinking Woman was the first one for a major Hollywood picture…
Anisette BiscottiApr 25, 2021obsessed with the fact that very smart women were collectively like.... music needs to sound more haunted
laineAug 9, 2021The women of Sisters With Transistors and the music they produce are so cool it's a shame the film doesn't match their standard. Feels disconnected, each woman not paying tribute to the others, so it has the vibe of watching various YouTube clips rather than a full project.…
NotASexyVamp - May 31, 2021
The debut feature from French-American filmmaker Lisa Rovner is a hidden narrative of electronic music, told via the women who helped bring it to fruition. Narrated by avant-garde musician Laurie Anderson, a pioneer in circuitry-based music, it showcases about a dozen…
Paul ElliottNov 14, 2025"I think they're sensual... can I please have a cigarette? Sensual!" -Suzanne Ciani- Excellent documentary that I accidentally watched twice but it is just that nice. Most of the artists have their own documentary except for Eliane Radigue. In my opinion the best…
KalebFeb 24, 20221st Lisa Rovner As a primer on the female founders of electronic music, Sisters with Transistors is exceptional. It's always a pleasure to go into a documentary and finding you only know about a quarter of the material; Derbyshire, Ciani, Carlos and Barron are names I…
Doc Lyon
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Apr 29, 2021
The film is a vital historical corrective, inscribing the names of these women into history as the innovators, independent thinkers and trailblazers they were.
Katie Walsh
Los Angeles Times
Apr 23, 2021
Lisa Rovner’s superb documentary pays a deeply deserved, seldom-expressed tribute to the female composers, musicians and inventors from the brief history of electronic music.
Leslie Felperin
The Guardian
Apr 23, 2021
That the film is online because of the Covid-19 pandemic might be considered a silver lining: Not only will more people be able to see it, but they can, and should, experience it through headphones. A big screen would be nice, too, given Ms. Rovner’s hallucinogenic way with pictures. But the sound, as she would probably agree, is paramount.
John Anderson
Wall Street Journal
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Sisters with Transistors?
The movie is 1hr 26min long.
What's Sisters with Transistors about?
Follows the story of electronic music's female pioneers, composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today.
Who's the cast of Sisters with Transistors?
- Laurie Anderson as Self, narrator
- Suzanne Ciani as Self
- Delia Derbyshire as Self
- Bebe Barron as Self
Who's the director behind Sisters with Transistors?
Lisa Rovner directed Sisters with Transistors.
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