TRAMPS!
Canada • 2022
“We were the product!”
They were loud. They were dangerous. They were fabulous. Called Blitz Kids and Peacock Punks by a confused tabloid press, a new class of proudly out and outre youths changed the face of London in the 1970s and 1980s. Faced with a repressive, traditional, and colorless UK, a group of misfits refashioned society in a more beautiful and strange image. From acclaimed documentarian Kevin Hegge comes TRAMPS! the story of the kids that would come to be called the New Romantics, who used music, art, fashion, and film to create a revolutionary new London scene.
With testimony from legendary personalities Judy Blame, Princess Julia, Andrew Logan, John Maybury, and Michael Costiff among others TRAMPS! pieces together a history of the people responsible for turning London from a post-war ruin into a teeming site of creativity, love, and rebellion through style. Electric testimony, invaluable archival material, and gorgeous outfits fuse to tell the story of a freely queer time of discovery and destruction with appearances by Leigh Bowery, Derek Jarman, The Sex Pistols, Siouxsie Sioux, Boy George, and more.
An essential document of broken boundaries, a touching homage to departed luminaries, and a killer party all in one package.
Runtime
Language
Color
Format
Sound
104 minutes
English
Color
1.78:1
5.1
Kevin Hegge
Judy Blame, Duggie Fields, Princess Julia, John Maybury, Mark Moore, Philip Sallon, Christine Binnie, Scarlett Cannon, Sue Carrington
Director & writer
Starring
BLU-RAY
DETAILS
Region A Blu-ray
Audio commentary with director Kevin Hegge moderated by documentary filmmaker Jay Cheel
Extended interview with Andrew Czezowski and Sue Carrington of The Roxy
Extended interview Judy Blame
“Under The Influence” (1980) An 8mm film directed by John Scarlett-Davis featuring an all new music score by Kat Duma
Archival photo gallery
60 second and 30 second trailer
English subtitles
Soundtrack
DETAILS
Extremely limited edition 7' from the TRAMPS! Soundtrack by the band Memorials. Releasing to coincide with the award-nominated documentary Tramps! Documenting the rise of the New Romantics from the nihilistic ashes of the punk movement in the late 1970s. This fresh crowd of flamboyant fashionistas, who would later be christened the New Romantics, began to materialize on the streets of London, England.