along with the initial wave of reviews from its screening at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival over the weekend. Documentarian Morgan Neville, who won an Oscar for his exploration of the lives and experiences of professional backup singers in the 2013 film20 Feet from Stardom, directed this glimpse...
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Morgan Neville's Lovely Documentary '20 Feet from Stardom' Happily Puts Some Enormously Talented Backup Singers Front and Center ; Morgan Neville's Musical Documentary '20 Feet from Stardom' Happily Puts Some Enormously Talented Backup Singers Front and Center...
He was on ‘Sesame Street,’ he was in all your favorite commercials, and he was a backup singer to all these singers,” said Porter. “He was talented enough to have it all. He had to work really hard to really get appreciated for what he did. I hope that this film helps do ...
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happens in a tiny area of a Rocky Mountain stream on a lovely June afternoon. North American Premiere Twenty Feet from Stardom (Director: Morgan Neville) Backup singers, the unsung heroes of pop music, finally get their moment in the spotlight in this jubilant history and appreciation. ...
Honorable Mention: The year saw three strong documentaries: the Oscar-winning '20 Feet From Stardom,' which gave a spotlight to professional backup singers like Darlene Love and Merry Clayton; 'Sound City,' Dave Grohl's look inside the famous Los Angeles studio and 'Muscle Shoals,' the story...
With people like Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham, Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and 'her girls,' backup singers Sharon Celani and Lori Nicks, all together under one roof, for Nicks it became “the moments that I live for.” “I really wanted it to go on forever,”...
One sensational guitarist (Sam Swank), two powerhouse bluesmen (Akin Babatunde and Cavin Yarbrough), four savvy backup singers (Lillias White, Alisa Peoples Yarbrough, Benita Arterberry, Timothy Parham), and some 60 songs by legendary blues artist Blind Lemon Jefferson are enough to make any ...
commanding the adulation of thousands of fans night after night. In contrast to other superstars of her stature, on this tour Shakira had no backup dancers (“I wanted the freedom to improvise”) and the set design was purposefully minimalistic — inspired, she says, by Anton Corbijn, one...