"Some people think little girls should be seen and not heard..." 27 February 2021 Factual, Music 96 mins
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.
Watch the official Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché 2021 trailer in HD below.
Poly Styrene as Herself (Archive Footage)
Celeste Bell as Self/Narrator
Ruth Negga as Poly Styrene (voice)
Neneh Cherry as Self
Youth as Self
Bruno Aleph Wizard as Self
Kathleen Hanna as Self
Thurston Moore as Self
Vivienne Westwood as Self
Don Letts as Self
Jonathan Ross as Self
John Robb as Self
Vivien Goldman as Self
Tony Wilson as Self (Archive Footage)
John Cooper Clarke as Self (Archive Footage)
Rhoda Dakar as Self
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
Australia 10 August 2021
Canada 19 September 2021
Denmark 27 February 2021
Finland 27 February 2021
United Kingdom 06 March 2021
United States 16 March 2021
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