Join us for a special screening of ‘Peter Doherty: Stranger in my Own Skin’ and meet the legendary rock star
We mark the Danish premiere of 'Peter Doherty: Stranger in my Own Skin' with a special screening and a unique opportunity to hear Peter Doherty perform an acoustic mini-concert afterwards and talk about his years-long struggle to overcome his addiction.
Friday 9th Feb 2024
Few would have expected Peter Doherty to live to a ripe old age when he broke through the sound barrier with his rock band The Libertines in the early 2000s. Few have cultivated the myth of the debauched rock star with a voracious appetite for life like Doherty.
In addition to his tumultuous relationship with Kate Moss and public outbursts against band members, Doherty’s extensive drug addiction has been part of his persona to such an extent that one has to wonder whether Doherty is best known as a rock star or an addict.
But of course, this is only the publicly known truth about Doherty, and as in so many other contexts, there are two sides to every story. Luckily, Doherty’s partner, Katia de Vidas, has spent the last 10 years collecting more than 200 hours of footage, which has now become the film ‘Peter Doherty: Stranger in my Own Skin’.
Just as kindred spirit Amy Winehouse was portrayed in unprecedented archival footage in Asif Kapadia’s ‘Amy’, de Vidas has had unfettered access to Doherty, allowing her to show a more fragile side of the man and his struggle to keep a career alive as addiction threatens to kill him.
Join us when CPH:DOX invites you to a special screening of the film ‘Peter Doherty: Stranger in my Own Skin’ at Bremen Theater on March 18. Here, Doherty and director Katia de Vidass will talk about the movie, which started when de Vidass first filmed Doherty as part of Babyshambles in 2006. Over the next decade, she continued to film him and their relationship developed into a friendship and then a love affair.
In the film, Doherty talks candidly about the drugs that have haunted him throughout his active career, and gives an insight into how drugs are inextricably linked to his creative vein. What do you do, they ask, with an addict who is aware of his need for help but refuses to act on it?
Finally, Doherty will play a live acoustic concert with his longtime guitarist Andrew Newlove. Together, the two will play tracks from Doherty’s rich back catalog.