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2006, 93m
Directed by legendary documentarian Barbara Kopple (Harlan County, USA) and her producing partner Cecilia Peck (Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult), “Shut Up and Sing” follows Natalie Maines and her bandmates as they navigate the political fallout from a comment they made about then-president George W. Bush after the invasion of Iraq:
“Just so you know, we’re on the good side with y’all. We do not want this war, this violence, and we’re ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas.”
What now feels like an innocuous statement felt seismic in the moment, temporarily derailing their careers and forcing them to reconsider who they were making music for in the first place.
It’s rare to see such transparency in a documentary dealing with a national PR crisis, but Kopple & Peck manage to craft a sensitive portrait of an American band during an inflection point in post-9/11 American exceptionalism - with plenty of opportunities to sing along.
2006, 93m
Directed by legendary documentarian Barbara Kopple (Harlan County, USA) and her producing partner Cecilia Peck (Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult), “Shut Up and Sing” follows Natalie Maines and her bandmates as they navigate the political fallout from a comment they made about then-president George W. Bush after the invasion of Iraq:
“Just so you know, we’re on the good side with y’all. We do not want this war, this violence, and we’re ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas.”
What now feels like an innocuous statement felt seismic in the moment, temporarily derailing their careers and forcing them to reconsider who they were making music for in the first place.
It’s rare to see such transparency in a documentary dealing with a national PR crisis, but Kopple & Peck manage to craft a sensitive portrait of an American band during an inflection point in post-9/11 American exceptionalism - with plenty of opportunities to sing along.