If you’ve long attributed electronic and dance music to the work of mostly white, straight, male artists, you’d be forgiven; women have consistently been shoved to the genre’s sidelines where they’ve been forced to work twice as hard for half the recognition . And director Stacey Lee isn’t having it any more., Lee’s documentary about female electronic artists, takes a pointed and necessary look at the gender inequality that runs rampant in the genre.
In addition to featuring contemporary artists, she makes space for the women who pioneered electronica and the necessary acknowledgement that in overlooking their contributions, we’re setting up-and-coming female and non-binary artists to fail.Of course, sexism in any realm is hardly shocking. But Lee presents her argument in such a clear and empathetic way that you’re not only enraged by the state of the genre, but how the women we meet are still fighting a fight that’s hurting us all.