reinventing herself as poly styrene, she put an ad in the paper for musical young punks and formed x—ray spexdolescents and the day the world turned dayglo, but it was the anthemic oh bondage up yours! which became poly styrene's battle cry, a thrillingly catchy burst of rage against oppression which would inspire a generation of post—punk riot grrrls. i find a kind of solace in retracing her footsteps. 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 life — from her incarceration in a psychiatric institution to her time 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 back to africa and find my heritage. with rare archive material and diary entries read by ruth negga, i am a cliche, which takes its title from one of poly�*s songs, is fascinating fare, offering a thrilling and sometimes heartbreaking account

reinventing herself as poly styrene, she put an ad in the paper for musical young punks and formed x—ray spexhich became poly styrene's battle cry — a thrillingly catchy burst of rage against oppression which would inspire a generation of post—punk riot grrrls. celeste bell: | find a kind of. solace in retracing her footsteps. 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 life — from her incarceration in a psychiatric institution to her time 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 back to africa and find my heritage. with a rare archive material and diary entries read by ruth negga, i am a cliche — which takes its title from one of poly�*s songs — is fascinating fare, offering a thrilling and sometimes heartbreaking account of a trailblazer who was hailed in tony parsons' and julie burchill�*s o