SXSW Interview: Celeste Bell Finds Her Mother Again in Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché X-Ray Spex singer and punk maverick Poly Styrene (born Marianne Joan Elliott-Said) intended to publish a book of diary entries in her final years. Following her death from cancer in 2011, daughter Celeste Bell inherited management of her mother's pioneering legacy, leading to the 2019 coffeetable read Dayglo!: The Poly Styrene Story. The artwork, writings, and family ties now coalesce in Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché, debuting stateside at South by Southwest. Co-directed with Paul Sng and co-written with music biographer Zoë Howe, the documentary focuses on Styr...