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Antiheroine

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United Kingdom/United States202698 minEnglish
Antiheroine

Singer, songwriter, and actor Courtney Love has long had an impact on rock and pop culture. Now sober and set to release new music for the first time in over a decade, Courtney is ready to reveal her story, unfiltered and unapologetic.

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Singer, songwriter, and actor Courtney Love has long had an impact on rock and pop culture. Now sober and set to release new music for the first time in over a decade, Courtney is ready to reveal her story, unfiltered and unapologetic.

Reflecting on the process of recording her new album, Courtney Love said, “Don’t do it until you can’t hold it in anymore.” That same ethos fuels Antiheroine, directed by Edward Lovelace and James Hall, who embrace the complexity, intensity, and unapologetic force Love embodies. These qualities helped make her an icon, but they also came with relentless scrutiny and impossible expectations.

The film revisits the “love at first sound” connection between Love and Kurt Cobain — a relationship defined less by its length than by its extraordinary emotional voltage. It also traces the creative drive that led her to music and an electrifying film career, revealing a deepening self-awareness along the way. After years of watching others tell her story, Antiheroine marks the moment Courtney Love speaks entirely on her own terms — loud and clear. — AT

This film contains strobe effects.

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Credits

  • Director(s)

    Edward Lovelace

    James Hall

  • Producers

    Julia Nottingham

    Melanie Archer

    Hattie Bridges Webb

    Jon Lullo

  • Featuring

    Courtney Love

    Michael Stipe

    Melissa Auf der Maur

    Eric Erlandson

    Patty Schemel

    Billie Joe Armstrong

    Butch Walker

  • Executive Producers

    Jonathan Daniel

    Elisabeth Murdoch

    Chris Fry

  • Editors

    Jinx Godfrey

    Dan Setford

    Daniel Lapira

  • Production Executive

    Rashpal Dhaliwal

  • Director of Photography

    Magda Kowalczyk

  • Composer

    Nikky French

  • Archival Producer

    Tess McNally-Watson

  • Story Producer

    Jacq Sharples

  • Contact

    Hattie Bridges Webb

    hattie@dorothystpictures.com

Meet the Artist

Panelist Name

Edward Lovelace

    Edward Lovelace directed the Emmy-nominated documentary Name Me Lawand, which won a Special Jury Prize for Best International Feature at the 2023 Hot Docs Festival. He also co-directed the award-winning feature The Possibilities Are Endless (2014) and the documentary series Human Made Stories (2020).

    Panelist Name

    James Hall

      James Hall co-directed the award-winning feature The Possibilities Are Endless (2014). He also co-directed the documentary Werewolves Across America (2010) and the documentary series Human Made Stories (2020).

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