Hit Like a Woman
a short and funky hybrid documentary about a knock-out drummer
About the Doc
Synopsis
A playful mix of screen in screen, montage, animation and traditional documentary techniques that paints a musical portrait of Sarah Thawer; the ass-kicking drummer brought to you by the forces of intergenerational feminism and international music.
Sarah Thawer
Sarah Thawer is a drummer based in Toronto, Canada, currently freelancing, collaborating, doing session work and performing with international artists playing jazz, latin, gospel, hip hop, funk, r&b/soul, fusion, Indian and world music.
She studied jazz and world music at York University and was the recipient of the Oscar Peterson Scholarship, the highest award given by the institution, in addition to graduating with the Summa Cum Laude distinction.
Sarah has shared the stage with many popular artists including AR Rahman, Del Hartley, D’bi and the 333, Rich Brown, Re.verse, Salim-Sulaiman, Benny Dayal and Funktuation, Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, Mitch Frohman, Thompson Egbo-Egbo, Maria Mulata, Grisha Goryachev, Roger and Sam Grandinson, S S Thaman, Steve Koven, Vijay Prakash, Charolette Day Wilson, Ruth B and Watsky, to name a few.
Sarah has also been featured on various television and radio stations such as CBC News, Jazz FM 91.1, OMNI TV, Rogers Daytime, Vijay TV and various others.
Sarah endorses Vic Firth drum sticks, Evans drum heads, Yamaha drums, Zildjian cymbals and Gruv Gear.
Tamarzee, Director & Producer
Tamarzee is a multidisciplinary artist. Her previous films have shown in the Victoria Film Festival, Women in the Director's Chair International Film & Video Festival Chicago, Immaginaria International Film Festival, Italy, Mix NYC, and Inside Out, Toronto. In 2019 she won both English prizes at the RIDM Talent Lab. Most recently she's become a cardcarrying non-member of the low-art anti-institute.
