This is the first documentary to cover Lydia Lunch's whole career and examine her art, which may be described as combative, sardonic, and always electrifying. As the most prominent No Wave icon to emerge from New York City in the late 1970s, Lunch has spent her entire career creating music and performing spoken word pieces that are dedicated to the absolute right of any woman to overindulge, seek pleasure, and say "fuck you!" with the same volume as any man. At a time when women are subjected to an unending barrage of assaults, this is a rallying cry to recognise the one thing that is going to bring us all together: ART...as the universal remedy for all of our wounds.
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This is the first documentary to cover Lydia Lunch's whole career and examine her art, which may be described as combative, sardonic, and always electrifying. As the most prominent No Wave icon to emerge from New York City in the late 1970s, Lunch has spent her entire career creating music and performing spoken word pieces that are dedicated to the absolute right of any woman to overindulge, seek pleasure, and say "fuck you!" with the same volume as any man. At a time when women are subjected to an unending barrage of assaults, this is a rallying cry to recognise the one thing that is going to bring us all together: ART...as the universal remedy for all of our wounds.
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