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Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

Feb 27, 2021 | IMDB 6.7

96 min Watch Now

Documentary, Music

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.

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Poly Styrene, Celeste Bell, Ruth Negga, Neneh Cherry, Youth, Bruno Aleph Wizard, Kathleen Hanna, Thurston Moore, Vivienne Westwood, Don Letts

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