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THE TOPP TWINS- UNTOUCHABLE GIRLS
 | Moviehouse, Dublin Road
Thursday 29 April 9.00pm
£6.50/£6.00
| | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | Director: Leanne Pooley / New Zealand / 2009 / 84 mins / Print source: New Zealand Film | | | | | | 
| | | | | | | | The hilarious and engaging story of the world’s only yodelling, lesbian, country-and-western singing twins. Through interviews, performance footage, home videos and newsreel archives, we get to know the amazing Jools and Lynda Topp.
They are one of New Zealand’s most cherished and charmingly irrepressible performing duos, and their fans range from political activists, to sheep farmers and ‘Ladies who Lunch’.
The story spans fifty years, from their humble upbringing on a small dairy farm through to their internationally acclaimed tours. An effortless comical stage presence draws the audience into this honest, intimate and entertaining portrait of two sisters who resist, through satire and parody, the political and sexual norms of post-war New Zealand.
Their refreshingly provocative careers are mapped alongside years of seismic social change, demonstrating their country’s struggle to find and define its national identity.
The Topps maintain an aversion to classification that has allowed for limitless possibilities. As they put it, “We’re not comedians, we’re just singers who are funny.”
SLIDE will host the official after parties following Same Sex Cinema screenings, join us for DJ & dancing 9pm ‘til late.
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