Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2009

“I did my best to follow the calling of my soul...” So sings lesbian singer/songwriter pioneer Ferron, from “Girl on a Road”. The Road...that ubiquitous metaphor, the chronicler of journeys. In this dynamic new film from director Gerry Rogers (“My Left Breast”), the road serves as both the metaphor for the direction of a life, and the literal narrative thread; tracing Ferron’s reunion with her band and their first concert trek together in over a decade. Part performance film, part biopic, “Ferron: girl on a road” traces, the life, the songs, the loves, the heartbreaks, and the pioneering path carved by a true folk legend. Intimate, and sweeping all at once, this film movies beyond “chronicle” and capture in word and deed, the essence of a visionary artist, and the soul of an icon.