Boy George & Culture Club | WATCH DOCS

Boy George remains one of the most iconic figures of 1980s pop culture. His flamboyant, queer image still dazzles today, while nearly forty years ago, he seemed a visitor from another planet. With his angelic voice and androgynous charm, the fragile young singer became a global symbol for those who didn’t fit traditional gender molds. In the Reagan and Thatcher era, when LGBTQ+ people were lumped together under the label “homosexuals,” it was a brave and isolated stand. Alison Ellwood’s film is a vibrant musical chronicle in the spirit of “sex, drugs, and rock’n’roll,” charting the meteoric rise and turbulent fall of a pop phenomenon ahead of his time. It is also an intimate story about love, alienation, and the search for identity in a world that equates vulnerability with weakness. 

Konrad Wirkowski