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Black Punk Weekend Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché [In-Person Only]
Sun Mar 31: 7.00pm PDT
$14 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 NWFF/SeaDoc Members
Celeste Bell & Paul Sng
United Kingdom
2021
1h 36m
Series - Black Punk Weekend
About
(Celeste Bell & Paul Sng, United Kingdom, 2021, 96 min, in English)
Poly Styrene was the first woman of color in the UK to front a successful rock band. She introduced the world to a new sound of rebellion, using her unconventional voice to sing about identity, consumerism, postmodernism, and everything she saw unfolding in late 1970s Britain, with a rare prescience. As the frontwoman of X-Ray Spex, the Anglo-Somali punk musician was also a key inspiration for the riot grrrl and Afropunk movements.
But the late punk maverick didnt just leave behind an immense cultural footprint. She was survived by a daughter, Celeste Bell, who became the unwitting guardian of her mothers legacy and her mothers demons. Misogyny, racism, and mental illness plagued Polys life, while their lasting trauma scarred Celestes childhood and the pairs relationship.
Featuring unseen archival material and rare diary entries narrated by Oscar-nominee Ruth Negga, this documentary follows Celeste as she examines her mothers unopened artistic archive and traverses three continents to better understand Poly the icon and Poly the mother.
as compelling, mysterious, moving and inspiring as Polys own pop art. Stephen Troussé, UNCUT
Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché mixes the personal with the historical to produce a documentary of profound impact and style. James Hanton, Outtake Mag
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LocationNorthwest Film Forum (View)
1515 12th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122
United States
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