Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig

Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig documents the production and recording of Wig in a Box, a benefit album for the Hetrick-Martin Institute, the home of the Harvey Milk School. All the songs on the album, taken from the original Hedwig score, are recorded and reinterpreted by venerable indie rock musicians including Yoko Ono, Rufus Wainwright, Ben Kweller, The Breeders, Sleater-Kinney and Yo La Tengo.

The film interweaves the compelling stories of four students at the school with a chronicle of the album’s year-long creation. Each of the songs, which resonates with the student’s own personal struggles, is spliced together with video diaries detailing their struggles at home and their successes at the school. Follow My Voice offers an inspirational look at the intersection of youth, gender and rock and roll.

Katherine Linton /USA /2006 /video /EN /

Total time: 100 min