Synopsis
The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother's archives in this intimate documentary.
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Cast
- Poly StyreneHerself (Archive Footage)
- Celeste BellSelf/Narrator
- Ruth NeggaPoly Styrene (voice)
- Neneh CherrySelf
- YouthSelf
- Bruno Aleph WizardSelf
- Kathleen HannaSelf
- Thurston MooreSelf
- Vivienne WestwoodSelf
- Don LettsSelf
Recommendations
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Consequence
In a genre often saturated with sugar-coated stories and selective memories, Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché proves to be anything but. - 100
Consequence
In a genre often saturated with sugar-coated stories and selective memories, Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché proves to be anything but. - 90
The New York Times
More than a journeyman rockumentary, “Poly Styrene” is a thoughtfully finessed filial reckoning: a daughter’s journey toward understanding her mother as a young artist and as a young woman of color. - 90
The New York Times
More than a journeyman rockumentary, “Poly Styrene” is a thoughtfully finessed filial reckoning: a daughter’s journey toward understanding her mother as a young artist and as a young woman of color. - 83
Original-Cin
The film adds an authentic emotional resonance to an important story about an exceptional human who was singing her mind at a pivotal moment in 20th-century pop-culture history. - 83
Original-Cin
The film adds an authentic emotional resonance to an important story about an exceptional human who was singing her mind at a pivotal moment in 20th-century pop-culture history. - 80
CineVue
An affectionate labour of love, cathartic yet bitterly honest, Bell and Sng’s films paints the full, unfettered picture. - 80
The Guardian
[A] riveting and valuable documentary.
