Rebel Dykes

Rebel Dykes provides an extraordinarily privileged glimpse into a bygone world by those who not only lived out their politics with heartfelt conviction but lived to tell the tale.

Director: Harri Shanahan, Sian A Williams

Animator: Harri Shanahan

Producer: Siobhan Fahey

Executive Producers: Michelle Mangan, Charlotte Knowles, Melanie Iredale, Phil Hunt

Sound Designer: Alexia Charoud

Composer: Ellyott

Production Company: Riot Productions

World Premiere: BFI Flare March 2021


Synopsis

Rebel Dykes arrives in all its ass-kicking, leather-wearing glory. The film follows a tight-knit group of friends who met at Greenham Common peace camp and went on to become artists, performers, musicians and activists in London. A heady mash-up of animation, archive footage and interviews tells the story of a radical scene: squatters, BDSM nightclubs, anti-Thatcher rallies, protests demanding action around AIDS and the fierce ties of  chosen families. This is an extraordinarily privileged glimpse into a bygone world by those who not only lived out their politics with heartfelt conviction but lived to tell the tale. (Jay Bernard,  BFI Flare, 2021).

Image courtesy of Riot Productions.