Circuit Sisters: CinemaNiche turns on with "Sisters With Transistors" at Studio Two-Three.

“Sisters with Transistors” goes where no music documentary has gone before – into the uncharted history of female electronic music pioneers. But the 2020 film debuted at the height of the pandemic and never really received a proper release to the public.

“It didn’t screen outside of film festivals, which were mostly online at that time,” says Jeff Roll, the founder and co-curator of a new film series, CinemaNiche, which will debut March 8 at Studio Two Three with a showing of “Sisters With Transistors.” Roll says that it was the worst kind of timing for director Lisa Rovner, a French-American documentarian and music video director based in London. “This was her first feature film and a real achievement and it’s a shame that it got lost.”

Roll and his collaborators at CinemaNiche hope to bring Richmond movies just like this: Edgy, provocative and little-seen documentaries about alternative music topics and subjects. “It’s pretty much an excuse to bring cool stuff to town,” he laughs.

Theremin legend Clara Rockmore recently had albums of her work reissued by Mississippi Records in Portland, Oregon.