8th Annual LA Femme International Film Fest
Frustrated by years of male-dominated corporate oppression as an AIG Exec on Wall Street, savvy business woman Rebekah Starr decides to ditch the dreary and blast off for L.A.'s Sunset Strip to shoot a music video of her all-girl rock band, The Rebekah Starr Band. Joined by her wild-at-heart Estonian tambourine-playing bandmate, Annika, the two free-wheeling babes set out on their own Thelma and Louise adventure, picking up temp musicians from town to town with spur-of-the moment concerts, hustling CDs on unsuspecting locals, interviewing Rock Legends, befriending and partying with new fans across America. The survival plan is a no holds-barred spit-in-the-face to buttoned-down bastards, thanks to a whole lot of rockin' roll!
FILMMAKER'S COMMENTS
This entire film began with a quip by Annika, "Why don't we film our trip along the road and all the people we meet on our way to LA…?" she mused. I thought it was a pretty clever idea. After all, the whole undertaking was more than just a band promotion for us, and we knew it. It was a personal statement of self-assertion…and that may sound silly, but I don't know how else to describe it. For years I had been trying to please everyone, from corporate America to my own families business. I finally faced enough setbacks where I JUST DIDN'T CARE anymore…. and in this, was a lesson that maybe other people could relate to as well. The playing field, I realized, really wasn't level after all, and I was going to stop blaming myself and allowing other people to blame me for this. Both Annika and I had an irrepressible desire to upend those who were trying to repress us. Filming a documentary became our platform wherefrom we could reach our like-minded audience. So what we ended up with was "My Way," a hilarious chronicle of the band's adventures, as we road-tripped all the way from Kittanning, Pennsylvania across America to Los Angeles, California, to make our first music video and the freedom of our voice. --REBEKAH STARR
Rebekah Snyder-Starr: Musician / Producer
Rebekah Snyder’s professional background began on wall street as Paralegal for International Mergers and Acquisitions at AIG (American International Group). After 9/11, Rebekah moved back to Pennsylvania to found a flight training school where she acted as manager and flight instructor. Rebekah became one of the youngest women to run as a candidate for State Representative for Pennsylvania’s General Assembly in 2004, and later went on to work in the natural resources business for her family’s Pennsylvania company, Snyder Associated, before making a start in filmmaking in 2012. Rebekah holds anB.A. from Smith College and an M.B.A. from Carnegie Mellon’s renown Tepper School of Business. Ever-competing with her professional business career, Rebekah’s rock band The Rebekah Starr Band has had some amazing highpoint in recent years i.e. opening for rock superstar, Bret Michaels, and filming several music videos including their award-winning music video “Irrational Boy” featuring a cameo appearance by adult film icon, Ron Jeremy. The Rebekah Starr Band's had their first charting single, "Pretty Playthings," which broke 100 on Active Rock charts in August 2011. The band spent the summer of 2011 touring the United States as opening act for Adler's Appetite on their “Good to Be Alive” summer 2011 tour.
Celebrity Cast
Rikki Rockett: Drummer, Poison - Rikki Rockett formed American 80’s mega rock band, Poison, with singer, Bret Michaels, sellling over 30 million records worldwide, and been nominated for multiple American Music Awards in 1991.
Steven Adler: Drummer, Guns N’Roses, Adler’s Appetite - On April 14, 2012, Adler was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with American’s hardrock band, Guns N’Roses. He co-wrote and drummed on their debut album, Appetite for Destruction, which sold over 28 million copies worldwide. Steven has also appeared on the second and fifth seasons of the reality TV show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.
Ron Jeremy: Adult Film Icon, Author, Actor, Advocate - Best known internationally as a superstar in the adult film industry, Ron Jeremy is also a published author whose book, Ron Jeremy: The Hardest (Working) Man in Showbiz, was on the New York Yimes bestseller list. Jeremy has also appeared in non-pornographic films, such as The Boondock Saints , and starred in two Emmy-winning reality TV, The Surreal Life and The Surreal Life: Fame Games. Jeremy has also cameo-ed in 41 music videos that that have appeared on VH1 and MTV.
Chip Z’Nuff: Bassist, Enuff Z’Nuff - Chip Z’Nuff is best known as founder of American glam metal band, Enuff Z’Nuff , whose charting singles "Fly High Michelle" and "New Thing," has a cult fan-base around the world and tours worldwide with former Guns N' Roses drummer, Steven Adler, in his band, Adler's Appetite.
Lynn Cronin and Howard Fine: Authors, Executive & Gender Workplace Consultants - Co-authors, Cronin and Fine, explored the gender gap in the American workplace in their book, Damned If She Does, Damned If She Doesn't, praised by Marie Claire and Publisher’s Weekly.
LA Femme Film Festival is more than a festival it is an emergence of artistic, professional women who can make a difference in the entertainment community by creating productions that speak to a world wide audience. We will be the only festival of its kind to not only platform existing films and artists but will also distribute and mentor such films and artists.
American Independent Film Festival focuses on the work of new filmmakers and films presenting new approaches and innovative solutions to working with limited budgets.
WEBSITE & TRAILER: http://www.mywaythemovie.com
FESTIVAL SITE: http://www.lafemme.org/
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