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.
Featuring unseen archive material and rare diary entries narrated by Oscar-nominee Ruth Negga, this documentary follows Celeste as she examines her mother’s unopened artistic archive and traverses three continents to better understand Poly the icon and Poly the mother.
DIRECTORS: PAUL SNG AND CELESTE BELL
PRODUCERS: REBECCA MARK-LAWSON, DARIA NITSCHE, MATTHEW SILVERMAN
NARRATED BY RUTH NEGGA
FEATURING: VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, THURSTON MOORE, KATHLEEN HANNA
WINNER OF BIFA BEST DOCUMENTARY AND RAINDANCE DISCOVERY AWARD:
#BIFA2021 WINNERS ANNOUNCED · BIFA · British Independent Film Awards
NEW YORK TIMES - “How Poly Styrene Broke the Mold”
LA TIMES - “A Complicated Groundbreaking Punk Heroine Gets Her Due in New Documentary”
VARIETY - “How Poly Stryene’s Daughter Captured the Punk Trailblazer’s Complicated Life”
VOGUE - "A New Documentary Explores the Legacy of Poly Styrene, Punk Pioneer and Fashion Renegade"
ROGEREBERT.COM - “3 out of 4 Stars”
“RIVETING AND VALUABLE DOCUMENTARY”
–THE GUARDIAN
“A PERFECT TRIBUTE TO A COMPLEX, BRILLIANT, GROUNDBREAKING WOMAN”
–NME
