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The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex frontwoman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey across the world and through her mother’s archives to reconcile their fraught relationship in this new documentary feature, featuring Oscar nominee Ruth Negga as the voice of Poly Styrene.
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché is a 2021 documentary film about Poly Styrene, the lead singer of X-Ray Spex. Directed by Celeste Bell and Paul Sng, the film features Bell, Poly Styrene's daughter, exploring her mother's history and legacy through archival footage and interviews with her peers and fans.
143K views 3 years ago. Directed by Paul Sng and Celeste Bell Documentary | English | 89 min Poly Styrene was the first woman of colour in the UK to front a successful rock band.
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Mar 5, 2021 · Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché: Directed by Celeste Bell, Paul Sng. With Celeste Bell, Poly Styrene, X-Ray Spex, Hazel Emmons. 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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- Celeste Bell, Paul Sng
- 2021-03-05
Feb 1, 2022 · A new documentary due Feb. 2 titled “Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché” — taken from one of her song titles that mixed self-aware humor and cultural critique — is the latest ambitious project...
Feb 2, 2022 · Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché. Glenn Kenny February 02, 2022. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The voices of punk rock, at least in its British iteration, could be divided into four categories: The Sneer (Johnny Rotten), The Mewl (Howard Devoto, Pete Shelley), The Harangue ( Joe Strummer) ... and then there was The Bellow.
Watch Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché with a subscription on Paramount+, rent on Prime Video, or buy on Prime Video. Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché pays worthy tribute to its...
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