The Alcohol Years, image courtesy of Carol Morley

Carol Morley’s highly acclaimed documentary The Alcohol Years is a courageous, moving and often funny account of five self-destructive years of her life in early 1980s Manchester. It’s a poetic retrieval in which Carol’s rediscovered friends and acquaintances recount tales of her drunken and promiscuous behaviour. Carol’s search for her lost self and the conflicting memories and viewpoints of those around her weave in and out, revealing a poignant portrait of the city, its pop culture, the people who lived it and of a young woman who found herself at the centre of a defining moment in Manchester’s cultural history.

Check out APEngine’s interview with Carol for more of an insight into the woman herself.

Credits
Director: Carol Morley
Producer: Cairo Cannon
Music: Russel Churney and Vini Reilly
Editing: Magie Choyce
Cinematography: Peter Bathurst
Starring: Dave Haslam, Pete Shelley, The Durutti column, Tony Wilson, Vini Reilly