Cyndi Lauper: Let the Canary Sing

A documentary profile that aims to put you straight if you think of Cyndi Lauper as merely a two- or three-hit pop wonder. It starts with her childhood, where she was the rebel at school, before following her into the music business, where her every success was achieved in defiance of those who told her not to dress like that, not to talk like that, not to sing like that.

Lauper ignored them and flourished on her own terms — her colourful self-expression and outsider status making her a queer icon as well as a mainstream star.