Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché | |
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Directed by | Celeste Bell Paul Sng |
Written by | Celeste Bell Zoë Howe |
Produced by | Rebecca Mark-Lawson Daria Nitsche Matthew Silverman |
Cinematography | Nick Ward |
Edited by | Xanna Ward Dixon |
Music by | Marina Elderton |
Production companies | Generation Indigo Films Polydoc Films Tyke Films Velvet Joy Productions |
Distributed by | Modern Films Pacific Northwest Pictures |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | 53,940 [1] |
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché is a 2021 documentary film about Poly Styrene, the lead singer of X-Ray Spex. [2] 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. [3]
The film features narration of Poly Styrene's personal diaries by actress Ruth Negga. [4]
The film premiered at the Glasgow Film Festival on 27 February 2021, [5] in advance of its commercial release on a digital platform on 5 March. [4]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 98% of 54 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's consensus reads: "Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché pays worthy tribute to its trailblazing subject with a documentary that honors her life as engagingly as it chronicles her career." [6]
At the British Independent Film Awards 2021, the film won the award for Best Documentary and the Raindance Discovery Award. [7]
The film was the winner of the Documentary Award at the 2021 Whistler Film Festival. [8]