In the UK in the early 1980s, when I was 2 years old, my parents joined the Exegesis group. Accused of being a brainwashing cult, Exegesis radically changed the lives of its members using controversial and extreme methods such as group nudity, fasting and public humiliation. Exegesis had a profound effect on me as a child. Now I’m nervously looking back to discover why, and I need to find its leader and creator, Robert D'aubigny.

A year ago I came across an old brochure for the group. I had scribbled my name onto the inside page for some reason, but I had no recollection whatsoever of writing it. Then it hit me; as a small child, I must have been living in a bubble, a memory vacuum. I knew there and then that I needed to know more about that time, about the thousands of other people who signed up, and about how such an organization could be born from one man, Robert Daubigny.

- by Louis Price.

Barbara Hulanicki will always be remembered for BIBA, the shop that changed the face of UK fashion in the 1960s and 70s. A phenomenon in the truest sense of the word, BIBA would leave an indelible mark on the minds and wardrobes of the customers who ventured through its doors.

Just as Barbara was a key ingredient in the cultural explosion that occurred in London during the 1960s, she also found herself at the birth of the incredible regeneration of Miami Beach in the late 1980s and 90s. This is where she still resides, and continues to work as one of the most respected interior designers in the United States.

The film provides an invaluable glimpse into Barbara Hulanicki today. A rare insight into the woman herself, her memories of her father's murder, the impossible glamour of Biba, the impact of her husband Fitz on her life, her thoughts on modern America, her refusal to give up and live in the shadow of the past. The film focuses on these elements, and more, to create an all access portrait of an overlooked and elusive artist.

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