Viv albertine biography of abraham lincoln

Herewith, the story of Viv Albertine, star of Hogg's Exhibition, and also of her own life -- begun as a "poor North London girl" and lived through London Punk, a directing career, motherhood, illness, acting, authorship re-starting her band -- all of which will serve her daughter very well, by way of a life-example.

Plus, film notes on Unrelated and Exhibition.

Viv Through This, or, Girl Not On A Motorcycle

I met Viv Albertine at SXSW a few years back and invited her to share her life-story on-cam, which she gamely did.

It's a story beginning with her besties ("Whenever I'm working, I always think back to that gang of girls") during formative years in London when arthouse cinema and exhibitions were meaning-conferrers and circumstance-transcenders for "Poor North London girls", and coursing through a life-changing decision to get a guitar instead of a motorcycle (noting she'd "Probably be dead" if she had got the motorbike -- which prompts one to say: R.I.P., dear, mig