Ticketing

Free event

Cinema Yarra presents a series of music documentary screenings for Leaps and Bounds 2023. The films focus on past performers who have all left indelible contributions to the music scene.

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliche

1pm, Thursday July 13
2021 Directed by Paul Sng and Celeste Bell
Documentary | English | 89 min

Poly Styrene was the first woman of colour in the UK to front a successful rock band, and a key influence on the riot grrrl and Afropunk movements. But Poly didn’t just leave behind a cultural footprint. She was survived by a daughter, Celeste, who became the steward of her mother’s legacy and demons, which plagued Poly’s life and scarred the pair’s relationship. With narration by Ruth Negga, this film follows Celeste’s journey to better understand Poly as an icon and mother.