born from anglo—somali parentage in 1957, marianne joan elliott—said was a young wannabe fashion designere singer whose life was transformed by seeing in early sex pistols gig on hastings pier. reinventing herself as poly styrene, she put in ad in the paper for musical young punks and formed x—ray spex, who had a string of hits like germfree adolescents. and, the day the world turned day—glo. but it was the anthemic i'll bondage yours which became poly styrene�*s battlecry. a thrillingly catchy burst of rage against oppression which would inspire a generation of post punk—riot girls. i find a kind of solace in retracing herfootsteps. when poly styrene died at the age of 53, celeste found herself the keeper of her mother's legacy, a role she initially resisted. but in this terrifically intimate documentary we find her sifting through the pages of poly styrene�*s to life — from her incarceration in a psychiatric institution to her times with the hare krishna movement and her growing relationship with her daughter with whom she worked on her acclaimed album, generation indigo. i want to go b