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Crowdfunding campaign for Poly Styrene documentary launched
By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 31 March 2017
A crowdfunding campaign has been launched for a new documentary about X-Ray Spex vocalist Poly Styrene, titled ‘I Am A Cliché’. The aim is to release the film in cinemas in November 2018 to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the band’s ‘Germ Free Adolescents’ album.
Director Paul Sng, who previously helmed Sleaford Mods film ‘Invisible Britain’, says of the project: “Poly Styrene remains one of the most original and dynamic voices in popular culture. We’re aiming to make a film that reflects her effervescent and vivid life, and provide a fitting cinematic tribute to her legacy as an artist and icon”.
The musician’s daughter, Celeste Bell, who will narrate and co-write the film, adds: “This film will be a celebration of the life and work of my mother, an artist who deserves to be recognised as one of the greatest frontwomen of all time; a little girl with a big voice whose words are more relevant than ever”.
Poly Styrene, real name Marianne Elliott-Said, died in 2011, shortly after revealing publicly that she had been receiving treatment for breast cancer.
Find out more about the crowdfunding campaign here. And you can watch a trailer here:
