New York Doll - New York Doll

New York Doll is Arthur 'Killer' Kane's extraordinary story of loss and hope beyond all reason.

In the 70s, the Dolls' outrageous antics belied a ferocious sound that presaged punk and influenced a generation of musicians. Establishing the raucous-rocker template, the Dolls' crashed and burned amidst a flurry of drug and alcohol abuse after their aptly titled second LP, Too Much Too Soon. Various members of the band found varying success in the music industry but Arthur faded away into virtual obscurity - battling alcoholism and troubled marriages.

In 1989, his marriage over, Arthur joined a local church and eventually settled into his job at the Family History Centre - all the while dreaming the fool's dream of rekindling his own broken friendships with the only family he had left, The Dolls.

Director Greg Whiteley captures Arthur's compelling journey from mild mannered librarian of his churches' Family History Centre to his "Meltdown" reunion with his band mates in the comeback gig he'd longed for for the last thirty years and the staggering events that followed.