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Untouchable girls, 2009

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Watch the trailer for the feature-length 2009 documentary made to mark the 50th birthday of musicians the Topp Twins, Lynda and Jools. Through live performances, interviews, archive footage and home movies, it traces the careers of these country-singing, cross-dressing lesbian twins. Directed by Leanne Pooley, it became one of the highest-grossing New Zealand documentaries, and won more than 20 national and international awards.

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Helen Martin, Documentary film – Documentary films in the 2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/43610/untouchable-girls-2009 (accessed 27 June 2026).

Story by Helen Martin, published 6 December 2013.