Amid post-punk Britain, Scala cinema stood out for its diverse film offerings, spanning high art, cult classics, sexploitation, horror, Kung-Fu, and LGBTQIA+. An inspiration for creatives, this documentary tells the riotous inside story and features unseen archive footage, interviews and film clips.

Infamously nicknamed “Sodom Odeon,” the historic London venue Scala was a punk and queer mecca for film lovers as well as rockers, misfits, and activists. Co-directed by the cinema’s former programmer Jane Giles, this exuberant documentary revels in the communal and subversive power of moviegoing.