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Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

20216.7 / 1096 min

Documentary, Music

Overview

Some people think little girls should be seen and not heard...

The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother's archives in this intimate documentary.

Cast

Poly Styrene

Herself (Archive Footage)

Celeste Bell

Self/Narrator

Ruth Negga

Poly Styrene (voice)

Neneh Cherry

Self

Youth

Self

Bruno Aleph Wizard

Self

Kathleen Hanna

Self

Thurston Moore

Self

Vivienne Westwood

Self

Don Letts

Self

Jonathan Ross

Self

John Robb

Self

Vivien Goldman

Self

Tony Wilson

Self (Archive Footage)

John Cooper Clarke

Self (Archive Footage)

Rhoda Dakar

Self

Lora Logic

Self (Archive Footage)

Paul Dean

Self

Crew

Paul Sng

Director

Celeste Bell

Executive Producer

Zoë Howe

Writer

Xanna Ward Dixon

Editor

Nick Ward

Cinematography

Celeste Bell

Writer

Paul Sng

Writer

Jennifer Souter

Assistant Editor

Celeste Bell

Director