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REBEL DYKES
SYDNEY PREMIERE

In 1980s Britain, aside from the Greenham Common's wimmin protests, radical lesbian bikers, DJs, musos, artists, feminists, punks and performers forged their own sexual liberation front.

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SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS
SYDNEY PREMIERE

The often sidelined herstory of the world's pioneering maverick women of electronic music - dating back to Daphne Oram - finally gets its Sydney premiere, February 2022 for two dates only

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ALL THE STREETS ARE SILENT
NY'S Convergence of Hip-Hop + Skateboarding

Breathtaking skate stunts/archival footage and downtown hip hop cameos galore, this is the story of two underground street cultures forging the foundation of modern street style

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THROBBING GRISTLE
Sydney/Melbourne Premieres

This in-depth look at the pioneers of "industrial" music is also the first film-documented history of the electronic group's “wreckers of civilization” art-collective, COUM Transmissions

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POLY STYRENE
I Am A Cliché

Her infamous rallying cry "Oh Bondage, Up Yours!" was both political and personal, just like this feature doc about the X-Ray Spex front-woman, mother and warrior who stared down demons

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FANNY DOCUMENTARY
Queer Screen Film Festival

Being an all-women band co-founded by Filipina-American and queer bandmates in the '60s didn't stop these wild and talented players from amassing a cult following and fans like David Bowie

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PHIL LYNOTT DOCUMENTARY
Preview Premiere for Vivid

“You just didn’t see Black people in Ireland in the ‘50s.” That all changed when Thin Lizzy's charismatic singer/bassist burst from the clutches of a sad backstory and on to world stages

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DELIA DERBYSHIRE
THE MYTHS & LEGENDARY TAPES

New, stunningly rendered cinematic portrait of the pioneering electronic musician and BBC Radiophonic Workshop member who famously conceived the original Doctor Who TV theme

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DEVIL’S PIE: D’ANGELO
Australian Premiere

Whether filmed in the studio or on stage, this invigorating new documentary gets closer than most have before to a complexly guarded character and r'n'b/soul's much heralded 'Black Messaiah'

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MR. SOUL!
Exclusive Sydney Season

So the Revolution was televised! Mixing fantastic music performances and Black politics, Ellis Haizlip's New York SOUL! show was America’s first “Black Tonight Show”. This is the story.

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WHERE LOVE LIVES
Powerhouse Late - Free Screening

Celebrating queerness, finding a tribe, unfettered expression & dancefloor culture's enduring power to embrace & liberate, this Glitterbox film is free to enjoy in the museum's deco cinema

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PRINCE SIGN O’ THE TIMES
Exclusive Australian Season

After years trying to license it Groovescooter finally unveil an Exclusive Australian Cinema Season of "one of the greatest concert movies ever made" by one of the world's greatest musicians

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A NIGHT AT SWITCH N’ PLAY
+ Love & Revolution: Candy Royalle

New York's messy, non-binary home of queer performance is the focus of this feature documentary screening alongside a homage to the late/great Sydney queer poetry priestess, Candy Royalle

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NEVER STOP: A MUSIC THAT RESISTS
The Story of Techno

Fascinating insights into four techno musical trailblazers – Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Carl Craig, Jeff Mills – and one city: Detroit. This is history. It's also the future.

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JOHN MORALES
DISCO CONFESSIONS

Australian Premiere. Responsible for more than 700 mixes during the ‘70s and ‘80s (and still going strong), John Morales is a bonafide dance music legend.

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