The Film
It’s Not Easy Being Strange is a feature length documentary film that explores the music and culture of the goth scene. Looking at the nearly 50 year history of the scene and goth, examingin how it continues to grow and evolve to date.
Grounded in a grassroots approach, the film centres on the voices of those within the scene, exploring how goth began and how it has endured as a culture, built by outsiders and sustained by the community. Through key cultural touchstones, the film considers how goth has survived while being ignored and ridiculed by the mainstream, and why it is now growing in popularity again.
Director's Statement
Teresa Moorhead (aka Teresa Dead)
Community
Grounded in a grassroots approach, the documentary centres the voices of those within the scene, foregrounding lived experience over external interpretation.
By focusing on people rather than stereotypes, the film explores how goth has endured as a culture created by outsiders and sustained through shared values and mutual support.
Endurance
Through key cultural touchstones, the film considers how goth has survived while being ignored or ridiculed by the mainstream.
It also examines why the culture is now seeing renewed interest, and what that resurgence reveals about identity, belonging, and resistance.
Belonging
Beyond the music, the documentary explores how a strong sense of community has given generations of goths a lasting sense of belonging, connection, and creative freedom.
