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Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus

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A look at the life and music of singer-songwriter Diane Luckey, also known as Q Lazzarus.

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Erick Estrada Cinegarage Everything...flows in a distressing, humane, but above all very, very informative way. [Full review in Spanish] May 7, 2025 Full Review Alejandro Alemán El Universal As passionate as it is moving, Goodbye Horses… does justice to Diane, reconciling her not only with the audience that she captivated with her songs in the distant 90s, but - I like to think - also with herself. [Full review in Spanish] May 6, 2025 Full Review Ricardo Gallegos La Estatuilla Eva Aridjis Fuentes not only gives Q a face, but pays tribute to her talent and reveals a transcendental story full of humanity and love that exposes the social obstacles the industry has imposed on artists of color for decades. [Full Review in Spanish] Apr 29, 2025 Full Review Alan Zilberman Spectrum Culture Q narrates her entire story, and she does not pull punches when talking about the dark episodes of her past. Candid and sometimes funny, she is a natural storyteller so the finest scenes involve her revealing one extraordinary detail after another. Rated: 3.5/5 Mar 24, 2025 Full Review Sabina Dana Plasse Film Threat It reveals the shortcomings and hardships of a society often unable to provide for women and women of color who want to succeed with their inherent gifts and talents, in this case, Q’s singing and songwriting. Rated: 8/10 Mar 17, 2025 Full Review Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) A beautiful tribute to a woman who was larger than life and extremely talented, but who was also, I fear, ahead of her time. Mar 8, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member What an awesome documentary. Seriously. Go watch this film. 4.5/5 stars. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/24/25 Full Review Lucy M This documentary is incredible. Without giving too much away, the way Q and the filmmaker met is magical, and their closeness can be felt throughout the film and lends the film an intimacy rarely seen in documentaries. And then Q narrates her dramatic and colorful life through stories that are at times heartbreaking, at times funny and always moving. with a bare-all style which is refreshing; it makes you realize how much public figures protect their image when being filmed. Q is flawed and fierce and you fall in love with her. Her life story must be heard to be believed. Her music is great and very varied- from rock to house to metal to new wave, all with that powerful voice. Can't wait for this to be on streamers so everyone can see it, I think it will go viral as the world discovers Q. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/20/25 Full Review Steve C The story is a potentially compelling one: filmmaker and fan of vanished singer, in a one-in-a-million chance, stumbles across said singer in a taxi cab. Singer - who turns out to be an extremely compelling as an interview subject - agrees to be subject of documentary. Sadly, the film fails in the most fundamental way. It's really boring. One could look past the deeply mediocre camera work if it was edited in a coherent way, but it wasn't. We go down one path and then another and another. Some we come back to, others we don't. There's just very little life in it. I was thinking that maybe it was just me until, about two-thirds of the way through, we get a scene with Q and her husband and it just leaps off the screen because it's so alive. For those two minutes, it's great. And then, again, it isn't. Maybe another editor can take a run at it? Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/11/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Eva Aridjis

Director

Howard Gertler

Producer

Kathy Rivkin Daum

Co-Producer

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Synopsis A look at the life and music of singer-songwriter Diane Luckey, also known as Q Lazzarus.
Director
Eva Aridjis
Producer
Howard Gertler
Genre
Documentary, Biography, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 14, 2025, Limited
Runtime
1h 30m
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