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198425 minPGdocumentary

Epiphany

198425 minPGdocumentary

London's mid-80s club scene provides a lively setting for Cerith Wyn Evans' look at the underground hedonism of the punk movement.

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London's mid-80s club scene provides a lively setting for Cerith Wyn Evans' look at the underground hedonism of the punk movement.

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By the end of the punk movement in the mid-80s, London’s vibrant club scene had become a source of inspiration. Cerith Wyn Evans’ Epiphany is a colorful documentation of this underground hedonism.

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