Not Bad for a Girl

Not Bad for a Girl
Directed by	Lisa Rose Apramian
Produced by	Lisa Rose Apramian Kyle C. Kyle Kurt Cobain Courtney Love Tina Silvey
Starring	Lori Barbero Kat Bjelland Ramdasha Bikceem Mia d'Bruzzi Jill Emery Eric Erlandson Kristen Pfaff Patty Schemel Lisa Fay Jennifer Finch Suzi Gardner Maureen Herman Joan Jett Courtney Love Bambi Nonymous Demetra Plakas Lesley Rankine Jula Bell Gilly Hanner Caroline Rue Donita Sparks Rachel Thoele Becky Wreck Theo Kogan Gina Volpe Sydney "Squid" Silver Kate Schellenbach Erika Reinstein Anie Stanley[1]
Edited by	Kyle C. Kyle
Distributed by	Spitshine Productions Quantum Enterprises
Release date	1995 (1995)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Not Bad for a Girl is a documentary^[2] on women musicians of the 1990s from the indie rock music genre grunge and riot grrrl and celebrates madness, creativity, and gender play. It was written, directed, produced and shot by rock phenomenologist feminist Lisa Rose Apramian, edited, shot and co-produced by drummer Kyle C. Kyle and co-produced by Courtney Love^[3] and Kurt Cobain. A DVD, with a booklet, was available for purchase at the official website (until 2019 when the website was shut down) and a release date for the sequel book is still in the works as of 2019.

The bands featured in the film were Hole, L7, Lunachicks, Babes in Toyland, Joan Jett, Calamity Jane, Bulimia Banquet, The Mudwimin, Silverfish, 7 Year Bitch, Bratmobile, and Bikini Kill. Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain provided funding for the film.^[4] Skateboarder and snowboarder Cara-Beth Burnside is also featured on the beginning and end titles.

The documentary features in-depth interviews with every band member, including Donita Sparks and Jennifer Finch from L7, Courtney Love from Hole, Kat Bjelland from Babes in Toyland, and Becky Wreck from the Lunachicks along with clips from live performances from 1989 to 1994. It also features female rock communities including riot grrrl and the first annual Riot Grrl Convention, Rock 'n' Roll High School of Melbourne Australia, and the Feminist Majority Foundation sponsored "Rock for Choice" benefits with L7/Joan Jett. According to press releases, the film explores themes such as the musicians' relationship to creativity and music, the negotiation of gender identity and gender performance (feminist term coined by Judith Butler) through rock, subversion of stereotypes and gendered expectations through stage play performances and stylization of the body, and the processes of healing and reclaiming through musical expressions.

The sequel Not Bad for a Girl book contains images, anecdotes, reviews, interviews from many more bands unable to fit into the original including Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Strangefruit, 7 Year Bitch, Tribe 8, Dickless, Girl in a Coma and rock musicians in France, Japan, Brazil, Italy and the Middle East.

It was awarded Best Documentary at the New York Underground Film Festival 1996,^[5] Nominated: Best Director, 19th Atlanta Film and Video Festival 1995.