The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
| Launceston: |
Friday 6 November 8.45 pm
Village Cinemas, 163 Brisbane Street
|
| Hobart: |
Saturday 14 November 8.30pm
State Cinema, 375 Elizabeth Street |
| Price: |
Full $15 GLCC Members & Conc $12 |
| Booking: |
Presales available from the box office
of Village Cinemas Launceston, or State Cinema Hobart, during
normal opening hours. |
| Details: |
Tickets at the door ONLY if not sold out. |
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls Dir. Leanne Pooley, New Zealand, 2009, 84min, English. Rated PG.
TasPride are thrilled to screen a revealing look into the lives of the World's only comedic, country singing, dancing, and yodelling lesbian twin sisters Jools and Lynda Topp.
It has often been said that if the story of the Twins was fictional nobody would believe it. From rural
backwaters to busking on the streets of Auckland, to performances at the Rugby World Cup and London's West End stage, their appeal is infectious.
The Topp Twins have attained a unique status within New Zealand culture – morphing from radical activists into Kiwi national treasures, and according to the Glasgow Herald, into New Zealand's finest artistic export since lamb cutlets!
The film features rarely seen archive footage, home movies and special interviews with some of their alter-egos including the Two Kens, Camp Mother and Camp Leader, and the Bowling Ladies.
Part biopic, part historical record, part comedy, the film shares the twins' journey from coming out to Jools' recent brush with Breast Cancer with much laughter, honesty and wisdom. The film has only just begun what is sure to be a barnstorming run at festivals around the world, but has already won the Audience Award at MIFF and Best Feature Film at the NZ Film & TV Awards.
'Untouchable Girls' is a film about two truly unique women, which ends up saying as much about us as it does about them, and delivering a night at the movies to remember.
