Directed by: Jane Giles & Ali Catterall
Staring: John Waters, Mary Harron & Isaac Julien
An anarchic and ultimately heartbreaking documentary telling the riotous inside story of London’s legendary Scala cinema. Its diverse film offering spanned high art, cult classics, sexploitation, horror, Kung-Fu and LGBTQIA+. The historic London venue was a punk and queer mecca offering a community refuge for film lovers, creatives, as well as rockers, misfits and activists and inspired generations of film-makers, artists and musicians. Co-directed by the cinema’s former programmer Jane Giles, it’s a wealth of unseen interviews, archive and film clips revelling in the communal and subversive power of film going during Britain’s post-punk Thatcher years.
Warning: Contains strong real sex.