“Always a provocateur, occasionally a chanteuse, frequently a nihilist,
Lydia Lunch performs unapologetically with the instincts of a predator.”
— Kurt Brokaw, The Independent
The new film from Beth B about No Wave & punk pioneer
LYDIA LUNCH:
THE WAR IS NEVER OVER
Opening JULY 2 in virtual cinema
in Miami at O Cinema
Official Selection:
SXSW, DOC NYC, Rotterdam, Sheffield Doc Fest
“A truly extraordinary artist.” – Anthony Bourdain
“She’s a legend in her own right.” – Nadja Sayej, Forbes
“A wild and impactful…portrait of a punk rock priestess.
Feminist…avant-garde.” – Telerama
“Lunch’s defiantly unfashionable sort of feminism is the main point of interest in this documentary. Viewers will… marvel at a woman who, at 60, seems just as fierce as she was 40 years ago.” — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter
LYDIA LUNCH: THE WAR IS NEVER OVER is a deep dive into the life and work of the fearless musician and performer Lydia Lynch that echoes the urgent, aggressive, unapologetic attitude that Lunch inhabits. Lunch hit the late 1970s New York City downtown scene with the band Teenage Jesus And The Jerks, a central pillar of the No Wave music movement. Since then, she has forged paths in the underground film scene as a director, actor, lecturer and women’s empowerment coach, feminist writer and spoken word performer. The film presents her electric body of work with archival footage, vintage photographs and interviews with Lunch and longtime collaborators and admirers. Still actively performing to expose the patriarchy, sexual abuse, cycle of violence, and corporate greed, Lunch continues to tirelessly bring her passionate artistry to the stage – and now to the screen.
2021 / In English / TRT: 77 mins
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BETH B – DIRECTOR | PRODUCER | EDITOR
Beth B is an award-winning director of independent feature-length documentary and narrative films as well as Network Television documentaries. B’s career has been characterized by work that challenges society’s conventions, and that focuses on recasting and redefining concepts relating to the mind, the body, and women’s issues. Her films have been shown at, and acquired by, the Whitney Museum and MoMA and the subjects of several books and documentaries, including Blank City; The Cinema of Transgression; Art, Performance, Media; Super 8: An Illustrated History; No Wave – Underground 80; Downtown Film and TV Culture 1975-2001. Beth B’s films have been shown at museums and cinemas worldwide as well as film festivals including: The New York Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival, Nuremberg Int’l Human Rights Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival and others.
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