Ebba The Movie is a documentary film

Documentary film

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 of Swedish punk

Punk rock

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 band Ebba Grön

Ebba Grön

Ebba Grön was a Swedish punk band formed in Stockholm in 1977. Ebba Grön consisted of Joakim Thåström , Gunnar Ljungstedt and Lennart Eriksson . After the release of their second album in 1981, they were joined by a fourth member, Anders Sjöholm, also known as Stry Terrarie, on keyboard...

 from 1982, by director and writer Johan Donner.

The film includes a lot of live music and interviews with the band’s members. It starts in Rågsved

Rågsved

Rågsved is a working-class suburb in the south of Stockholm, Sweden. It was built in the 1950–1970s and has had big problems with unemployment, criminality and drug abuse...

, a working class suburb of Stockholm

Stockholm

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, and follows Ebba Grön on tour around Sweden until the band returns to Rågsved.

The Swedish

Sweden

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 reggae

Reggae

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band Dag Vag

Dag Vag

Dag Vag, Swedish pop, reggae, punk band formed in 1978. Main singer Stig Vig. The bands early punk sound became more and more reggae-style, and the band itself calls it transcontinental rock-reggae...

 also participates in a part of the movie when Ebba is on tour.

There are two versions of the film. When released in 1982, the movie was originally 78 minutes long. Johan Donner later cut down the film to a 52 minutes version which he called the Hardcore version. Both versions are included in the DVD

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-release.

The title of the film is a reference to the 1977 documentary film ABBA: The Movie

ABBA: The Movie

ABBA: The Movie is a 1977 film about the pop group ABBA's Australian tour. It was directed by Lasse Hallström, who directed most of the group's videos. The film has become a cult film among ABBA fans...

, featuring fellow Swedes ABBA

ABBA

ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...

. The reference is intended to be ironic, since Ebba Grön's style is very different from that of ABBA.