Pauline Boty: I Am the Sixties

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2025

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Documentary charting pop art sensation Pauline Boty's original contribution to British art, her feminism and unique take on the nascent celebrity culture of the 1960's. Featuring original photographs, art work and contributions from an array of family, friends, art critics and famous fans, including pop art titan Sir Peter Blake, comedian and artist Jim Moir, critic Kate Bryan and more

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Stephen Kelly

There is a parallel world in which Pauline Boty is a household name. She was, after all, a star of the 1960s She was, after all, a star of the 1960s pop art scene. She rubbed shoulders with Bob Dylan. She acted opposite Michael Caine in Alfie. Her work heralded 1970s feminism. Yet while contemporaries like Peter Blake and David Hockney found international fame, Boty is largely forgotten. A tragic result of her death from cancer at the age of 28. Boty, who was pregnant at the time of her diagnosis, was offered a choice: receive treatment and live, killing the foetus, or reject treatment and die, letting the baby live. She chose the latter. This documentary tells the story of her life — and attempts to salvage her legacy.

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rolenameParticipantSir Peter BlakeParticipantJim MoirParticipantKate BryanParticipantNatalie GibsonExecutive producerNatalie GibsonParticipantCorrine DreweryParticipantTanita TikaramParticipantRonnie Archer MorganDirectorLee CogswellExecutive producerJim ReidExecutive producerAlan MarkeExecutive producerMark BellExecutive producerMark BaxterProducerVinny Rawding

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