2020 · documentary · music
Miss Americana
Directed by Lana Wilson1h 25m2020
A raw and emotionally revealing look at one of the most iconic artists of our time during a transformational period in her life as she learns to embrace her role not only as a songwriter and performer, but as a woman harnessing the full power of her voice.
Our read: Miss Americana (2020) reads as a warm, steady, grounded documentary · music entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, steady, measured documentary / music, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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