“Lilith Fair” Trailer: Olivia Rodrigo Marvels Over ‘90s All-Female Music Festival from Before She Was Born (Exclusive)

A caller documentary is walking backmost successful clip to erstwhile Lilith Fair ruled nan '90s!

PEOPLE tin exclusively premiere nan trailer for nan caller ABC New Studios and CBC documentary Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery - The Untold Story.

Directed by Ally Pankiw (I Used to Be Funny) and produced by Dan Levy, nan task tells "the untold communicative of nan groundbreaking euphony show featuring only women artists," which was helmed by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan and her squad successful nan precocious '90s, according to a property release.

“I americium truthful proud to beryllium a portion of this beautiful doc - particularly astatine what feels for illustration a fitting clip to item a communicative of guidance and extremist joyousness successful nan look of systems that effort to support women and divers voices small,” said Pankiw, 38, successful a statement. “The collaborative effort of this movie and what it took to make it mirrors nan unthinkable underdog communicative of Sarah and her squad and really they fought for Lilith to win against each odds.”

In nan trailer, show laminitis McLachlan recalls really promoters telling her that she couldn't "put 2 women connected nan aforesaid bill" because group wouldn't travel made her conflict back.

"That's complete bulls---," nan "Angel" singer, 57, says. "And it put a immense occurrence nether my butt to beryllium them wrong,"

In nan teaser, Jewel compared Lilith Fair to a "freight train." "It took connected a life of its own," she recalls.

Later successful nan trailer, McLachlan recalls receiving a explosive threat. "I'd ne'er seen that benignant of anger," she says.

The documentary specifications really Lilith Fair was created "in guidance to systematic manufacture barriers that constricted women from playing together connected a performance measure and getting back-to-back airplay connected nan radio," per nan release.

The movie is produced pinch nan support of nan original Lilith Fair founders: McLachlan, Terry McBride, Dan Fraser and Marty Diamond. 

“I’m truthful filled pinch pridefulness and nostalgia watching this film,” said McLachlan successful a statement. “Ally and nan squad person beautifully captured nan magic and spot of a organization of women who came together and lifted each different up to create affirmative alteration successful nan world. I dream nan movie resonates pinch everyone and we tin proceed to strive to support and champion 1 another.” 

Inspired by nan 2019 associated Vanity Fair and Epic Magazine article, “Building a Mystery: An Oral History of Lilith Fair,” written by Jessica Hopper pinch Sasha Geffen and Jenn Pelly, nan documentary was crafted from "over 600 hours of never-before-seen archival footage arsenic good arsenic caller interviews and stories from fans, show organizers, and artists," per nan release.

Featured successful nan task are interviews from original Lilith Fair artists, including Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, Erykah Badu, Paula Cole, Jewel, Mýa, Natalie Merchant, Indigo Girls, and Emmylou Harris and modern artists for illustration Brandi Carlile and Olivia Rodrigo, who person been inspired by them.

At 1 constituent successful nan trailer, Rodrigo, 22, marvels complete "finding retired that each of my favourite artists had played astatine this event."

"I was successful disbelief that I'd ne'er heard of it before," she exclaims, earlier sharing really "women singer-songwriters of nan '90s" are her changeless "inspiration."

"They're my Northern stars," she adds.

Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery - The Untold Story will aerial on CBC and CBC Gem successful Canada connected Wednesday, Sept. 17. and is retired connected Hulu and Hulu connected Disney+ Sept. 21.