Screening Thursday June 18, 2026, 7:00pm
Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt
Admission by donation at the door
Documentary. Canada 2026. 84min
Why a documentary about me? Sure, I’ve had a life. But do I need to see my aging mug on the big screen? …But then I did some soul searching. I was so tired of being underappreciated as an artist, and seeing other people lionized for the same things my sweet departed collaborator, Kevan Staples, and I did eons ago. – Carole Pope
Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions is a raw and rollicking portrait of a taboo-shattering provocateur and Canada’s original queer rock icon. Pope was a presence on radios and TV screens and in underground clubs for more than a decade, only to be sidelined by the industry she helped disrupt.
Antidiva tells the story of a queer rock icon reclaiming her rightful place in music history, with insights from k.d. lang, Peaches, Jann Arden, and Rufus Wainwright.
Reviews and more info
Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions. Cinema Without Borders, April 24, 2026.
Carole Pope: Canada’s original queer rock icon. CBC Docs, April 23, 2026
Carole Pope on the new doc Antidiva: ‘I was so tired of being underappreciated as an artist’ CBC Arts, April 21, 2026
