Bif Bare goes earlier than the cameras in a brand new documentary on her life and profession from the co-director of The Company.
The Canadian alt-punk rocker, who’s identified for hits “Spaceman” and “I Love Myself Right now,” has signed on for Bif Bare: One in every of a Variety, which can air on Tremendous Channel as a part of its authentic choices in early 2024.
Producers say the movie will discover the hurdles confronted by the musician, born Beth Torbert, who was orphaned in New Delhi earlier than she moved to Canada.
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Director Jennifer Abbott, whose earlier movies embrace the 2003 capitalism research The Company and its 2020 sequel, will lead the mission.
Singer and songwriter Beth Torbert, centre, identified by her stage identify Bif Bare, stands throughout a ceremony the place she was conferred an honorary diploma by Simon Fraser College throughout convocation, in Burnaby, B.C., on Friday, Might 6, 2022. Torbert was named as one of many honorary recipients for 2020 nonetheless the in-person convocation ceremony that Spring was cancelled as a consequence of COVID-19. Ceremonies have been held this week for spring 2020 graduates who on the time have been solely in a position to take part nearly.
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Abbott described herself within the announcement as “a fan” who a long time in the past was drawn to the singer’s “booming voice, fierce spirit and willpower to chart her personal course.”
The musician beforehand opened up about her previous within the 2016 autobiography I Bificus, which explored her experiences with misogyny and medicines within the music scene, coping with sexual assault and surviving breast most cancers and numerous different well being points.
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