The 2018 Sundance Film Festival has announced their selected feature films. Among the 110 independent films from around the globe, the festival will also premiere documentaries on Joan Jett, Robin Williams and Studio 54. Directed by Kevin Kerslake and written by Joel Marcus, Bad Reputation focuses on the life of Joan Jett. It’s described as chronicling “her early years as the founder of The Runaways and first meeting collaborator Kenny Laguna in 1980 to her enduring presence in pop culture as a rock ‘n’ roll pioneer.”
Bad Reputation, Kevin Kerslake’s doc on Joan of Rock that premiered Monday at Sundance, takes it for granted that we know that voice intimately, whether you’re a die-hard Jett-setter or just know her as the raven-haired tough chick singing “I Love Rock and Roll” on MTV way back when.
