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Indigo Girls Talk Being a Queer Band in the ‘80s and ‘90s in New Doc Trailer: ‘People Feared for Their Careers’
The documentary 'Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All' will screen in U.S. theaters on April 10, see the new trailer.
In the new trailer for Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers discuss the challenges of being a queer band in the late-Eighties onward, from not fitting in, to the lack of mainstream media coverage. The trailblazing duo Indigo Girls — who released their debut album, Strange Fire, in 1987 — were one of a few bands who came out publicly at a time when marriage equality seemed an impossibility and homophobia and misogyny were prevalent. Last year their 1989 hit from their sophomore self-titled album, “Closer to Fine,” soundtracked a pivotal scene in Barbie, showcasing the duo’s timelessness and resonance nearly a quarter decade later.
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