We are honoured to announce that as part of The London Int’l Ska Festival 2025, we will be screening…
PAULINE BLACK: A 2 TONE STORY film
at London’s iconic 100 Club on Saturday 19th April 2025 (1pm)
Followed by a Q&A with Pauline Black, presented in partnership with Doc’n Roll Film Festival.
Limited tickets available.
View the trailer at https://youtu.be/cbE_8IXYm00
Pauline Black, lead singer of 2-Tone hit band The Selecter, tells her extraordinary life story in the same frank manner that helped shape her as an iconic, era-defining female musician. Pauline had a difficult upbringing and joining the 2-Tone music movement in 1979 was the perfect catalyst; enabling her to explore and express all sides of herself. Looking back at her own ground-breaking experience in this feature documentary, Pauline traces how her legacy came about and how it is relevant to the world today, especially where society pushes the boundaries of gender, politics, race and identity. Pauline, of mixed Nigerian and Jewish heritage, was adopted into a white family in Essex in the 50’s. Her upbringing was defined by casual racism from within her own family. Pauline went on to find her own identity in the Coventry 2-Tone music scene and The Selecter was a reflection of working-class life in Thatcher’s Britain, their music as social reportage and with an ethos of anti-racism and anti-sexism.
This is a cinematic and visceral documentary mixing intimate actuality, archive and interviews and a storming soundtrack. Contributors include Arthur ‘Gaps’ Hendrickson, Don Letts, Skin, Damon Albarn, Rhoda Dakar, Lynval Golding, Mykaell Riley, Sonia Boyce and Jools Holland.
Please note this is a festival fringe event and not included in the LISF2025 wristband entry. Wristband holders have to purchase a ticket for this event should they wish to attend.
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Don’t miss this chance to see this superb film, at this iconic London venue, and meet The Selecter’s/2 Tone’s iconic singer – Pauline Black herself!