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Dominican Rep. Dixie Chicks – Shut Up And Sing
- Original title
- Dixie Chicks – Shut Up And Sing
- Year
- 2006
- Running time
- 99 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
Cabin Creek Films. Distributor: The Weinstein Company- Genre
- Documentary. Musical
- Synopsis
- With unprecedented access to the behind-closed-doors world of celebrities in the ventre of a political and pop culture storm, DIXIE CHICKS - SHUT UP AND SING provides a view of the real and raw emotional rollercoaster of three strong women thrust into the turbulent centre of a national debate.
On stage at a 2003 London concert, Natalie Maines, lead singer of Texan trio the Dixie Chicks, spoke these 15 words to a small audience at the start of their sold-out international tour: "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas." The comment was delivered on the eve of the American invasion of Iraq, and drew cheers from the decidedly anti-war and anti-Bush British crowd.
It was an off-the-cuff remark typical of the lead singer's temperament. Natalie, and fellow Dixie Chicks Martie Maguire and Emily Robison, thought little of it. But history and this film demonstrate that at this heightened moment of political polarization in the United States, many people did care, and empowered this simple, yet loaded remark to carry serious and longstanding ramifications.
DIXIE CHICKS - SHUT UP AND SING travels with the Chicks, from their peak of popularity as the national-anthem-singing darlings of country music and top-selling female recording artists of all time, through the now infamous anti-Bush comment, and on through the days, months and years of mayhem. The film follows the lives and careers of the Chicks through the writing and recording of their first album since "the incident" - and three years of political attack, making music, birthing babies, bonding, death threats, and laughter. At the end, the film presents a complete reconsideration of who people think they are, who they want to be and who, ultimately, they really are as women, as public figures, and as musicians.
Directed and produced by Barbara Kopple and Cecila Peck, DIXIE CHICKS - SHUT UP AND SING is a presentation of Cabin Creek Films.
US release date: october 27th, 2006.- Awards
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2006: 2 Nominations for Critics' Choice Awards: Best Documentary Feature, Song2006: National Board of Review (NBR): Top Documentaries of the Year2006: Chicago Film Critics Association: Nominated for Best Documentary2006: Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Documentary (ex aequo)
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