Pauline Black: A Two Tone Story - From the Vaults Film Screening

Pauline Black is the living embodiment of the 2-Tone music movement which helped shift British society towards diversity with a whole new ethos of anti-racism, sexismand gender politics that we still strive towards today. Her band The Selecter had a unique sound and energy defined by Pauline's distinctive voice and performance. Like their peers in the 2-Tone movement, The Selecter were a reflection of working class life in Thatcher's England with a wholeethos of anti-racism and sexism, their music was social reportage.

Pauline’s amazing life story imitates her art, music and informs her activism-throughPauline’s unique and unusual experience of adoption, abuse, persona, gender andperseverance, we see how one woman’s ground-breaking and pioneering experience is a relevant and vital prism for looking at race and women from post-warBritain up to today. Pauline is a liberated woman standing up and making her mark on a society - an inspiration for a generation of women who should not be overlooked.