Fundraising Campaign For Poly Styrene Documentary Launched

To coincide with the 40^th anniversary of the seminal X-Ray Spex album, Germfree Adolescents, a new film titled Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché is in the works. Fund-raising has begun via Indiegogo, with a cinema release set for November 2018. Bi-racial, female, working class and possessing one of the most satirical perspectives in punk, X-Ray Spex founder Poly Styrene was one of the least conventional front persons in rock history, she was also responsible for some of the most original, intelligent and exciting music of the punk era, but away from the songs, the look and that warrior-cry voice, her fascinating and sometimes frightening story, incorporating struggles with misogyny, racism and mental health issues, has remained largely untold.

Details of the Indiegogo fundraising campaign for Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché can be found here

You can read more about Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché, and watch a trailer for the film, below

In this feature-length documentary, the jigsaw pieces of Poly’s life will be brought together for the first time. Original interviews, new research and previously unseen archive material are combined to present a thrilling, poetic and at times impressionistic portrait of a singer, seeker and mother. Underscored with Poly’s music from throughout her career, I Am A Cliché celebrates one of punk’s most uncompromising icons. Co-written and narrated by Poly’s daughter Celeste Bell, the film will examine the past through the lens of the present, by revisiting pivotal moments and significant spaces in Poly’s history, while at the same time raising awareness of the issues she struggled with, and rose above, throughout her life. I Am A Cliché director Paul Sng has previously won widespread acclaim for his film Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain. The film will be co-written by Poly’s daughter Celeste Bell and author and musician Zoë Howe, whose renowned music biographies include Typical Girls? The Story of The Slits, Barbed Wire Kisses: The Jesus and Mary Chain Story and Wilko Johnson: Looking Back At Me. Zoë and Celeste are also currently working on an accompanying Poly Styrene biography, due via Omnibus Press in November 2018.

The official website for Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché is here and the Facebook page is here