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Poly Styrene: I Am Cliché

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Poly Styrene: I Am Cliché
Where: In theatres and VOD
What: Movie, 135 mins.
When: Now
Genre: Documentary
Why you should watch: As the first woman of colour in the U.K. to front a successful rock band, punk icon Poly Styrene introduced the world to revolutionary ideas about consumerism, race and gender and helped build the definitive sound of rebellion. In this groundbreaking doc, her daughter, Celeste Bell, digs deep across space and time to learn about her late mother’s life and posthumously reckon with their fraught relationship.

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