23 MAY — 02 JUNE 2024

23 MAY — 02 JUNE 2024

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

Celeste Bell, Paul Sng

United Kingdom

Documentary, 2021, 89'

Poly Styrene, from the English band X-Ray Spex, saw the Sex Pistols in 1976 and converted to punk rock. This film, directed by Paul Sng and the singer’s daughter, Celeste Bell, portrays a musical icon who has become a key inspiration for the riot grrrl and Afropunk movements, having revolted against the racist, sexist and oppressive structures in England, at the end of the 20th century. The opposite of a cliché.

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INFO

PREMIERE TYPE

National

ORIGINAL TITLE

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

LANGUAGE

English

PHOTOGRAPHY

Nick Ward

SOUND

Raoul Brand

EDITING

Xanna Ward Dixon

PRODUCER

Rebecca Mark-Lawson, Matthew Silverman, Daria Nitsche

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