With Panorama's emphasis this year on 'girls (and boys)', director Kristine Peterson's Slaves of the Underground goes right to the heart of the matter.
As the 1990s draws to a close, the rigid definitions of straight and gay are softening more and more. Peterson, who has previously worked in action and horror genres, explores the changing relationships of twentysomethings in this, her first romantic comedy. The film is set against the background of the Seattle alternative music scene, where The No Exits are an all-girl band topped by lead singer Suzy (Marisa Ryan), an out and activist lesbian. When Shelly (Molly Gross) comes aboard as a guitarist, fleeing a souring relationship with fanzine entrepreneur Jimmy (Jason Bortz), she embraces the band and pretty soon Suzy as well.
But nothing in life - or fiction - is simple and matters grow more complicated when Shelly falls briefly back into bed with the idealistic Jimmy. Suzy tosses her out of the band and out of her life. Filmed entirely in Seattle, the heart of the American underground band movement, Peterson's film used the city's nightclubs and natural attractions extensively. With rock'n'roll music integral to the story, real-life girl band Red Five recorded Mike Martt's original score. Owen Levy
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