Pauline Black: A 2 Tone Story film & Q&A at The 100 Club

Sat, 19 Apr, 2025 at 01:00 pm UTC+01:00

The 100 Club | London

The London International Ska Festival
Publisher/HostThe London International Ska Festival
Pauline Black: A 2 Tone Story film & Q&A at The 100 Club
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As part of The London Int'l Ska Festival 2025, we are honoured to present
PAULINE BLACK: A 2 TONE STORY film
at London's iconic 100 Club.
Followed by a Q&A with Pauline Black, presented in partnership with Doc’n Roll Film Festival.
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.
Tickets £15 adv +booking fee
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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The 100 Club, 100 Oxford Street,London, United Kingdom

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