As a young girl growing up outside Seattle, Patty always knew she was ‘different.' While she never dreamed she would one day grace the cover of Rolling Stone, she also never fathomed losing it all to the dark side of fame and addiction. A true survivor of the disaffected grunge movement, Patty’s gripping story of survival is uniquely told through her own intimate, never-before-seen Hi8 home video footage, including rare moments of her friendship with Kurt Cobain, seen at home and in the recording studio.

This raw rock biography features rare appearances and interviews with bandmates Courtney Love, Melissa Auf der Maur, and Eric Erlandson plus friends Nina Gordon (Veruca Salt), Kate Schellenbach (Beastie Boys, Luscious Jackson), Roddy Bottum (Imperial Teen), Gina Schock (Go-Gos), Phranc (the self-described Jewish Lesbian Folk Singer), and more.

Stream it now. A true document of an era.

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PRESS

• NME AWARDS “Best Music Film Nominees”
• FILMMAKER MAGAZINE “P David Ebersole’s HIT SO HARD”
• AUSTIN CHRONICLE “Patty Schemel doc ‘Hit So Hard’ remembers living and dying in the 1990s”
• NEW YORK TIMES “Review: In Hole, Then Scrambling Out of One”
• FILM LINC DAILY “TEN BURNING QUESTIONS for the director of ND/NF selection HIT SO HARD”
• WIKIPEDIA
• IMDB