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The Topp Twins - Untouchable Girls

The Topp Twins - Untouchable Girls
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The Topp Twins - Untouchable Girls
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Part live performance, part biopic, and part historical record, Untouchable Girls celebrated the Topp Twins' 50th birthday. New Zealand's favourite comedic singing and yodeling lesbian twins tell their personal story: from coming out, to protest (see excerpt one), to Jools' brush with breast cancer. Director Leanne Pooley (Shackleton's Captain) melds archive material, home movies and interviews with the Topps' many alter egos. The result became the biggest Kiwi documentary of its era. Among r...

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Date created
2009
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http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-topp-twins-untouchable-girls-2009
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