• Director(s)

    Carla J Easton, Blair Young

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    18/10/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    94m

  • Cast

    Strawberry Switchblade

Film

Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands

strong language

Celebrating female Scottish pop bands since the 1960s and featuring some strong language, this documentary examines the discrimination these trailblazing women faced whilst working in the male-dominated world of music. …

Celebrating female Scottish pop bands since the 1960s and featuring some strong language, this documentary examines the discrimination these trailblazing women faced whilst working in the male-dominated world of music.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

language

sex

discrimination

sexual violence and sexual threat

threat and horror

drugs

suicide and self-harm

  • Director(s)

    Carla J Easton, Blair Young

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    18/10/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    94m

  • Cast

    Strawberry Switchblade

strong language
Classified Date:
01/10/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Cosmic Cat
violence
A music video depicts a woman light-heartedly pretending to shoot a man in the head with a gun.
language
Use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'bloody', 'shit', 'piss' and 'up yours'.
sex
There are mild verbal sex references, mostly heard within song lyrics and in song titles.
discrimination
Female musicians discuss the pervasive historical sexism they experienced whilst they worked in the music industry. A singer describes how her struggle with agoraphobia was dismissed by record company executives, exacerbating her condition. These discriminatory attitudes are clearly critiqued and challenged. In footage of a dated television interview, a woman is told she looks like a 'gypsy'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Female band members reference how women did not feel safe and were sexually harassed and assaulted at gigs in the 1970s and 1980s. A song is entitled 'Rape Victim'.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

  • Classified date

    01/10/2024

  • Language

    English