Marie Göranzon

The story of 11 people isolated from the outside world. Romance blossoms. A son wants to hold his mother’s hand. A mother abandons her family. A therapist is on the brink of ruin. A daughter reconnects with her parents.

The illicit romance between a married publisher and a poet turns fraught when strange happenings in her apartment push her mental health to the brink.

This 47-minute piece of video vérité captures an iconic band and front woman on the rise playing in their natural habitat: New York’s legendary CBGB. Director Rod Swenson was on hand one sweaty night in 1977 to document Blondie ripping through a good part of their debut album while also throwing in some incredible covers from The Yardbirds, The Runaways and Freddy Cannon. The video is lifted and digitised right off the original videotapes, retaining a grit that makes the viewer feel like they were actually there that night as Blondie and punk rock was in the midst of firming its grip on the city. Highlights include In The Sun, Man Overboard, A Shark In Jets Clothing, In The Flesh, X Offender, Rip Her To Shreds, I Love Playing With Fire and a special rehearsal clip of Denis.

When her father's affair with a colleague leads to divorce, a 12-year-old grapples with indecision and guilt when she's forced to choose sides.

A dancer who gets a job cleaning at a struggling drag club dreams of being in the show, and her talent catches an ambitious choreographer's eye.