Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands
strong language
Director(s)Carla J Easton, Blair Young
Production year2024
Release date18/10/2024
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes94m
CastStrawberry Switchblade
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 ...
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.
violence
language
sex
discrimination
sexual violence and sexual threat
threat and horror
drugs
suicide and self-harm
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 date01/35/2024
LanguageEnglish
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 year2024
Release date18/10/2024
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes94m
CastStrawberry 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 date01/35/2024
LanguageEnglish
