
Acting
Viv Albertine
Born 1954-12-01 · Sydney - Australia
Viviane Katrina Louise "Viv" Albertine is an Australian-born British singer and songwriter, best known as the guitarist for the English punk group the Slits.
Acting credits
6.0Queen Elizabeth I visits late 1970s England to find a depressing landscape where life has changed since her time.
Jubilee
1978
6.5Documentary on the London punk-rock scene, circa '78
The Punk Rock Movie
1978
NRA tribute to the inspirational manager and artist who revolutionised the music business in the 1970s with the Sex Pistols and punk fashion. McLaren later brought us Duck Rock and managed Bow Wow Wow. With previously unseen interviews with McLaren and contributions from members of the Sex Pistols, Adam Ant, son Joe Corre, Jonathan Ross, The New York Dolls and many others
Malcolm McLaren: Artful Dodger
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5.0An intimate examination of a contemporary artist couple, whose living and working patterns are threatened by the imminent sale of their home.
Exhibition
2013
7.7Documentary about reggae music and culture in London in 1977. Filmed in Super 8 camera by Don Letts. With participation of Richard Branson, Neneh Cherry, Paul Cook, Sly Dunbar, Paul Weller, John Lydon, Joe Strummer, Siouxsie Sioux, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and others. Released in 2017.
Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers
2017
5.0The story of Sid Vicious, by those who really knew him
Sid! By Those Who Really Knew Him
2009
Short documentary about the beginnings of punk in Great Britain. Don Letts, Caroline Coon, Jon Savage and Viv Albertine - all themselves connected to this scene - recount their experiences and memories from that time. In addition, original recordings and short concert excerpts document the feeling, fashion and circumstances of the youth of the time.
Punk rule O.K.
1996
6.9This documentary explores Kate Bush's career and music, from January 1978's Wuthering Heights to her 2011 album 50 Words for Snow, through the testimony of some of her key collaborators and those she has inspired.
The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill
2014
7.5A documentary about women in the punk rock scene in Europe.
Women in Rock
1980
6.3The tale of the formation, journey and end of the seminal Punk/Reggae band The Slits.
Here to be Heard: The Story of The Slits
2018
8.0London 1976: Between economic crises and the Silver Jubilee, something is brewing in the squats and basement clubs of West London: Punk. A promise, a new beginning. Punk meant self-empowerment, especially for the women in the scene. For the first time, women picked up guitar, bass and drums, formed bands and wrote their own songs.
Punk Girls - Die weibliche Geschichte des britischen Punk
2024
7.7All too often, every great female rock musician has to answer a predictable question - what is it like being a girl in a band? For many, the sight of a girl shredding a guitar or laying into the drums is still a bit of a novelty. As soon as women started forming their own bands they were given labels - the rock chick, the girl band or one half of the rock 'n' roll couple. Kate Mossman aims to look beyond the cliches of fallen angels, grunge babes and rock chicks as she gets the untold stories from rock's frontline to discover if it has always been different for the girl in a band.
Girl in a Band: Tales from the Rock 'n' Roll Front Line
2015
Behind the camera
7.5Three blondes from another planet land on earth to conduct research into romantic love
Coping with Cupid
1991
7.5Three blondes from another planet land on earth to conduct research into romantic love
Coping with Cupid
1991
4.5Fantasy drama Rachel's Dream was set sometime in the future when the world is besieged by technology, young Rachel discovers that through a large bank of video screens in her sister's apartment, her wishes can come true when she brings to life the image on an anti-pollution poster. This new friend helps her to make up her mind about her own future.
Rachel's Dream
1992