Screening with closed captions on April 23 and open captions on April 26
Join us on April 23 for our opening night screening of Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions followed by a discussion with special guests!
In Toronto’s vibrant music, art and fashion scene of the 1970s and 1980s, Carole Pope made her mark with the new wave band Rough Trade, which produced bold, boundary-breaking music delivered with a sexy punk edge. “High School Confidential,” the band’s breakthrough hit, did something not many had done before: it featured an openly queer performer fearlessly expressing lesbian desire on daytime radio. Now in her 70s, Pope continues to channel her creativity into new forms. Her latest project is a musical that draws on her life and career with Rough Trade, as well as the story of her beloved late brother Howard, himself a celebrated musician and AIDS activist. Told with refreshing candour and drawn in part from Pope’s autobiography, her story pulses with backstage seductions and on-stage swagger. Featuring interviews with celebrity friends like Peaches, k.d. Lang, Jann Arden and Rufus Wainwright, Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions is a long overdue cinematic tribute to a fierce and talented queer maverick. Aisha Jamal