Screening times:
Friday, May 24, 6:30 PM - Half-capacity screening
Saturday, May 25, 6:30 PM - Half-capacity screening

Alexandria Bombach | Documentary | United States | 2023 | 123m

With forty years of making music as the iconic folk-rock band Indigo Girls, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have made their mark as musicians, songwriters, queer icons, and dedicated activists. They have represented radical self-acceptance to many. Multiple generations have embraced them and their music even as they struggled to break through to the mainstream. Some fans have claimed, “the Indigo Girls saved my life.”

Even with this contribution to American music, Amy and Emily have battled misogyny, homophobia, and a harsh cultural climate chastising them for not fitting into a female pop star mold.

With joy, humour, and heart-warming earnestness, Sundance award-winning director Alexandria Bombach brings us into a contemporary conversation with Amy and Emily alongside decades of the band's home movies with an intimate present-day verité. The film presents them as hardworking musicians who, despite their success, aren't free of self-criticism around their work or legacy, but after four decades still enjoying making music together.

"Existing fans will be mesmerized, but non-fans like me should also get a kick out of 'It’s Only Life After All.'" -Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times

"Emily Saliers and Amy Ray of indie folk rockers Indigo Girls convey what they want the audience to experience from their music: self-esteem, a shared experience, and healing, likening it almost to a warm hug... exactly what the film provides." -Katherine Mcnevins, Austin Chronicle

"Bombach’s movie finds its real flavor in exploring the differences in the duo’s two very distinct personalities, which up till now might have seemed like a fuzzy, singular unit by all but the most hardcore fans." -Chris Willman, Variety

Tickets $8.75 ($8 cash at the door if available).

Half capacity

Half capacity