Community Cinema

Duncan Place Community Cinema

Strawberry SwitchbladeSince Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands (2024)

Saturday 15th February, 2pm.
Tickets £4.44 (see below) For ages 16+

The McKinleys, The Ettes, Strawberry Switchblade, Sophisticated Boom Boom, Twinsets, His Latest Flame, Sunset Gun, Lungleg, Pink Kross, Sally Skull, Hello Skinny and The Hedrons.

Ignored by the industry and deprived of the global success afforded to the male-dominated bands of the day, Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands is a celebration of the women and the music of yesteryear, and a rallying cry to the female talent of tomorrow.

Blending personal anecdotes with a scrapbook-style audio-visual aesthetic, Since Yesterday takes us on a decade-by-decade adventure, crafting the ultimate visual mixtape. Discover unheard demos, lost archives, and rare performances that celebrate the Game Changers, Trailblazers, Popstars, Post Punks and Pioneers who never compromised, and subsequently got lost in time.

The film takes a critical look at the barriers women have faced making music in the past, and still face today. It asks how we can inspire young women to make music, if those who do so are continuously erased from our cultural history. Written & narrated by award-nominated musician Carla J. Easton, this is a powerful global story told through a local lens.

This screening is for ages 16+. 

Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands (2024)
Running time: 94 mins.
Directed by: Carla J Easton, Blair Young
Featuring: Strawberry Switchblade, The McKinleys, The Ettes, Sophisticated Boom Boom, Twinsets, Sunset Gun, His Latest Flame, Lungleg, Pink Kross, Sally Skull, Hello Skinny and The Hedrons.

View the trailer for Since Yesterday on here.

 

Post-film Panel Discussion and Musical Performances

Once we’ve watched the film together, there will be a panel discussion with special guests Girls Rock School Edinburgh (GRSE) about gender equality in music, and how it’s being addressed in Edinburgh. The panel will be moderated by singer/songwriter, music educator, and GRSE committee member Lou McLean. Additionally, there will be acoustic musical performances by a couple of the panel members.

Discussion panel:

  • Lou Mclean (moderating): singer/songwriter and music educator. Lou is the newest committee member of GRSE
  • Ashley Stein: Ashley Stein is singer, songwriter, and producer who started her musical journey after graduating from GRSE. She founded Alt-Milk records in 2023
  • Fiona Watt: co- founder , vocal tutor and committee member of GRSE.
  • Elsie MacDonald: folk-punk singer-songwriter and GRSE volunteer
Refreshments

We will provide hot drinks, squash, and popcorn.
Small cash donations towards these are welcome but not required.
You are also welcome to bring your own refreshments, however no alcohol is permitted. Please also refrain from bringing any hot or strong smelling food items. Thank you.

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Since Yesterday BBFC Content Advice

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.

More information on BBFC content advice for Since Yesterday here.

Local Cinema Project

Duncan Place Community Cinema is part of the Local Cinema project. The Local Cinema shared community cinema programme is back for Spring  2025, taking place across a range of community spaces in Edinburgh.  Duncan Place Community Cinema is programmed in collaboration with community members.  Local Cinema is supported by the City of Edinburgh Council, Film Hub Scotland and the Edinburgh Film Guild.  More details about other venues and community cinema are available here.  Spring Programme available here.

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Spring Programme

Film Selection and Support

We'd like to say a huge thank you to the Local Cinema Project for supporting our community cinema events, and also to the community members in our film programming group who have helped to select the films we'll be showing. We'd also like to say thank you to Paul at EIFF for gifting our film group tickets to see the film at EIFF 2024, which prompted us to feature it in our community cinema programme.

Limited tickets are available and cost £4 (plus 44p booking fee). They can be bought at Ticketlab

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If you have any questions about our Duncan Place community cinema, please email events@duncanplace.org

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