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The Gits (2005) -- Who killed Mia Zapata?
The Gits (2005) -- The story of the promising, underground Seattle band, The Gits. Fronted by charismatic vocalist, Mia Zapata, and poised to explode onto the national music scene, a stranger came in and took it all away. A decade later, the legacy lives on.
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Overview

User Rating:
8.5/10   59 votes
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Director:
Kerri O'Kane
Contact:
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Release Date:
7 July 2008 (USA) more
Genre:
Documentary more
Tagline:
The band. The music. The legacy. One tragic night changed it all.
Plot:
The story of the promising, underground Seattle band, The Gits. Fronted by charismatic vocalist, Mia Zapata, and poised to explode onto the national music scene, a stranger came in and took it all away. A decade later, the legacy lives on. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
Opening This Week
 (From IFC. 30 June 2008, 7:46 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
powerful life, sad story more (1 total)

Cast

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Valerie M. Agnew ... Interviewee
Lisa Faye Beatty ... Interviewee
Elizabeth F. Davis ... Interviewee
Matt Dresdner ... Himself
Julian Gibson ... Interviewee
Kathleen Hanna ... Interviewee
Gretta Harley ... Interviewee
Joan Jett ... Interviewee
Andrew Kessler ... Himself
Kenny Laguna ... Interviewee
Lil Mike Martzke ... Interviewee
Mike Millet ... Interviewee
Steve Moriarty ... Himself
Ann Powers ... Interviewee
Mia Zapata ... Herself (archive footage)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Gits Movie (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
82 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When cameras started rolling, Mia's murder was still unsolved. By the time the documentary was finished, the case would be closed and footage shot for the film would be used in court. more
Soundtrack:
Social Love II more

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9 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
powerful life, sad story, 9 March 2007
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Author: joe robertson from austin, tx

i got to see this at the sxsw film festival. it was both wonderful and sad to be introduced to the songs of the Gits and Mia Zapata considering the tragedy surrounding her story. this documentary communicates her passion and lack of artifice and it was great the realness with which everyone involved spoke about her, their lack of pretension, and how much she meant to them. it is good to know that the organization Home Alive was founded as a result of her random, violent death. the filmmaker has an obvious sense of purpose in communicating the life of this singer that many of us were not aware of while she was alive.

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