Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill

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Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill

2024

1h 33m

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Music

Biography

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The never-before-told story of folk-rock icon Judee Sill, who in just two years went from living in a car to appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone. The documentary charts her troubled adolescence through her meteoric rise in the music world and early tragic death. Featuring Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Fleet Foxes, David Geffen, and more.

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Ty Burr

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04/22/2024

3/4

It has its good points (rare interview recordings, access to the artist’s journals) and a few rock-doc cliches (animated song sequences)...

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Zachary Barnes

Wall Street Journal

04/11/2024

While it contains little for the devoted in the way of outright revelations, it’s an affecting film around which admirers and newcomers alike can gather to bask in the unique beauty of her work.

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Tim Appelo

AARP Movies for Grownups

04/19/2024

4/5

A must-see for fans of the ’70s singer-songwriter scene.

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Lael Loewenstein

FilmWeek (LAist)

04/17/2024

A niche doc about a songwriter that I didn't know at all... [The interviewees] have a lot of interesting things to say.

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Pat Padua

DCist

04/17/2024

80/100

Does what the best music documentaries do: it captures a voice, conveyed not only in her music but the wisdom of the narration drawn from her interviews.

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

04/13/2024

We’ve seen plenty of stories about tortured addicts in the music business, but this documentary about the obscure 1970s folk singer finds its rhythm by emphasizing the specifics of its mercurial subject’s life and legacy.

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The never-before-told story of folk-rock icon Judee Sill, who in just two years went from living in a car to appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone. The documentary charts her troubled adolescence through her meteoric rise in the music world and early tragic death. Featuring Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Fleet Foxes, David Geffen, and more.

Director: Andy Brown, Brian Lindstrom
Producer: Peter Kenney, Brian Lindstrom
Distributor: Greenwich Entertainment
Production Co: Onwards & Upwards
Genre: Documentary, Music, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 12, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 12, 2024
Runtime: 1h 33m

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