2013 · documentary · musical
20 Feet from Stardom
Directed by Morgan Neville1h 29m2013
Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.
Our read: 20 Feet from Stardom (2013) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded documentary · musical entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle documentary / musical, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
- tender
- intimate
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