Punk's Legacy: Don Letts, This Is Grime, Women in Punk, Scottee
40 years on from Anarchy in the UK, what is the legacy of punk? Do grime artists, queer drag, and riot grrrl bands exist because of punk's inclusivity and attitude?
Musician, filmmaker and DJ, Don Letts has curated a season of films about punk for the British Film Institute, in London. He explains how Punk on Film brings together a broad range of documentary, archive footage and feature films that draw attention to the diversity of the punk movement, its lineage, and influence today.
A significant aspect of punk was that allowed women to defy the music industry's notions of beauty and sex appeal. Women became performers in their own right, wrote their own songs, played their own instruments, and even became the main protagonist of movies about the music industry - such as Hazel O'Connor in Breaking Glass. We hear about the role of women in punk from Hazel O'Connor, vocalist and guitarist Jess Allanic, and Dr Helen Reddington.
Photographers George Quann-Barnett and Marco Grey - from Wot Do You Call It - and Olivia Rose discuss the importance of documenting the grime scene, which they argue is the most unique and significant music subculture to explode in Britain since punk.
Plus Scottee, an artist who describes himself as "fat and working class, with a penchant for ladies clothes", argues that queer drag and performers like Bourgeois & Maurice and Jonny Woo - with their kitten heels, bondage outfits and 'attitude' - are the punks of today.
Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Angie Nehring.
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Don Letts
Duration: 06:33
Women in Punk
Duration: 08:47
Grime Music
Duration: 06:27
Scottee
Duration: 04:10
Don Letts
is playing at the BFI, London throughout August.聽
Image courtesy of BFI.聽
Main image credit: BFIWomen in Punk
Anarchy! McLaren/Westwood
Image credit: Marcin Krupa聽Scottee
Grime Photography
This Is Grime is by Hattie Collins and and is published by聽Hodder & Stoughton
Women in Punk
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Role Contributor Interviewed Guest Don Letts Interviewed Guest Jess Allanic Interviewed Guest Helen Reddington Interviewed Guest George Quann-Barnett Interviewed Guest Marco Grey Interviewed Guest Olivia Rose Interviewed Guest Scottee Presenter Samira Ahmed Producer Angie Nehring Broadcast
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