The Gits

The documentary is about a punk band from Seattle. The band is called the Gits. The film starts from the founding of the group. They played post punk. They drew attention on the city’s scene. Their audience was growing. Mia Zapata was the singer of the band. The way she stood on stage became the face of the group. As the band was rising a murder took place in 1993. Zapata was raped and killed. The band broke up after that. The documentary uses concert footage. The remaining members speak. Musicians around them talk as well. The film takes on both the killing and the music. Mia Zapata and Joe Spleen appear in the eighty two minute documentary. It is an American production Kerri O’Kane finished in 2008.