REBEL DYKES is a rabble-rousing documentary set in 1980s post-punk London. The unheard story of a community of dykes who met doing art, music, politics and sex, and how they went on to change their world.

REBEL DYKES (2021)

(Dir. Siân A Williams & Harri Shanahan)

REBEL DYKES movie is available PAY PER VIEW from WOMEN MAKE MOVIES across North America and soon to Europe, Australia and the Rest of The World.

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Email coshea@wmm.com for information to screen as part of a Festival or Community event.

REBEL DYKES movie is available on all major streamers across UK, try to find an alternative to Amazon, but it is there if you need it! Suggestions: BFI Player DocnRollTV

For screenings UK/IE please contact BFI on bookings.films@bfi.org.uk

Rebel Dykes History Project is our Archive, Art and Community website with loads of interesting information about the Rebel Dykes.

DOCUMENTARY | ENGLISH | 92 MINS

Dir. Harri Shanahan and Siân A. Williams

Produced by Siobhan Fahey

'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 family. 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, programmer, BFI Flare 2021

The first image is a black-and-white photograph of two men with mustaches looking at each other. The man on the left is wearing sunglasses and a leather cap, while the man on the right is also wearing sunglasses and has his hand on the other's shoulder. The second image shows a vintage CRT television displaying an animated rock musician with an electric guitar, placed on a wooden table against floral wallpaper.

SCREENING HIGHLIGHTS AND AWARDS

Nominated: Best Feature Film at the Scottish BAFTA Awards
Best Feature Winner, Queen Bee Lesbian Film Festival, Brazil
Feature Film Winner, Iris Prize, Cardiff UK
Best Documentary, MiX 35 Film Festiva, Italy
Special Jury Mention, Best Documentary Feature, Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, India
Best Documentary, Porn Film Festival, Berlin
Best Documentary, GAZE, Dublin
Best Documentary, Some Prefer Cake Film Festival, Italy
BFI Flare London LGBTQ+ Film Festival, London

Frameline Film Festival, SF
NewFest - The New York LGBT Film Festival
Outfest - Los Angeles Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Revelation Perth International Film Festival
Roze Filmdagen: Amsterdam LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Edinburgh International Film Festival

BROADCAST

Channel 4 UK, June 2022 and June 2023 (plus C4 streamer)

THEATRICAL

UK Cinema Release, November 2021

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“This boisterous oral history of a little-known underground London lesbian scene which spawned from a collision between punk and feminism is a blast”

- SCREENDAILY

“a rousing documentation of anarchic lesbian power set against the backdrop of Eighties England'

- EVENING STANDARD

“a hugely entertaining and unique documentary”

- THE FILM MAGAZINE

“this film serves as a fast-paced look at the meeting point between punk and LGBT+ activism”

- NME

“this invaluable relic of queer history is a blessing and a gift to all dykes everywhere”

- LESFLICKS

“Delightfully sex-positive, richly detailed, and lovingly-crafted”

- THE QUEER REVIEW

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