Film Forum will present the US theatrical premiere of Dana Flor’s 1-800-ON-HER-OWN on Friday, April 18.

At age 15, feminist icon and activist Ani DiFranco was an emancipated minor and a singer-songwriter star in the coffee house music scene. At 19, she started Righteous Babe, her own record label, and released her self-titled first album a year later in 1990 – followed by 22 albums over the next 33 years and collaborations with Pete Seeger, Cyndi Lauper, and Prince. 

With intimate access to the 54-year-old’s creative and personal life – she is bisexual, married, a mother of two, and still “DIY all the way” – Dana Flor introduces the viewer to an artistically evolving, ardently self-evaluating version of the rebel prodigy; and draws decades-long fans into the vulnerable, real-time struggles of a middle-aged righteous babe. 

1-800-ON-HER-OWN had its world premiere at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival and went on to screen at the Frameline LGBTQ+ international film festival, and more.