Interweaving performance footage, still photos and pointed interviews, filmmaker Tracy Flannigan provides an intriguing glimpse into the lives and psyches of in-your-face lesbian punk rockers Tribe 8. Based in San Francisco, the band is famous for breaking the rules on stage and everywhere else – and cameras capture it all as the outrageous ladies kindle controversy from coast to coast. Bonus material includes deletes scenes.

A candid, often humorous, look into the private world of the sexy, radical dyke punk band, Tribe 8. Through filmed performances and intense personal stories of addiction and loss, Rise Above captures the beauty and resilience that lies just under the surface of a controversial and gender-bending punk rock band.