DON’T TALK, DO! SHE-PUNKS FROM 1977 UNTIL TODAY

DON’T TALK, DO! SHE-PUNKS FROM 1977 UNTIL TODAY

DON’T TALK, DO! SHE-PUNKS FROM 1977 UNTIL TODAY

Director: Reto Caduff
Documentary | Germany, Switzerland | 2024
91 min | Dolby 5.1

58th Hof International Film Festival
2024

Punk is a promise. When, coming from England in the late 70s, it reaches German, Austrian, and Swiss clubs from England, it heralds rebellion and self-empowerment. To express oneself, neither education nor perfection is necessary; what matters is the idea and the courage to step onto a stage. “Don’t talk, do it!”, is the motto. This applies not only to the punk alpha males but especially to the women in the scene.

Songs emerge that tackle female stereotypes and bourgeois conventions, as well as machismo and dogmatic feminism. They speak of female desire and sexual self-determination. And about claiming space within the male-dominated scene and in society as a whole.

With Gudrun Gut, Beate Bartel, Bettina Köster, Klaudia Schifferle, Sara Schär, Madlaina Peer, Martina Weith, Bettina Flörchinger, Sandy Black, Anja Peterssen

Cinematography Stephan Huwyler, Roman Schauerte, Editing Beatrice Babin, Ginés Olivares, Sound Design Matz Müller, Production Milena Fessmann, Oliver Huzly, Katrin Renz, Danielle Giuliani