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How the Documentary Boom Has Been a Boon for Music Storytelling
In his Awards Circuit column, Michael Schneider looks at all the recent excellent music documentary programming.
Besides those two Netflix projects, recent examples include Hulu’s “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story,” Disney+’s “The Beach Boys,” Max’s “Stax: Soulsville U.S.A.,” A&E’s “James Brown: Say It Loud” and so much more. “It’s an incredible time for music storytelling,” says RadicalMedia entertainment president Dave Sirulnick, whose company was behind the 2021 Oscar documentary winner “Summer of Soul” and just produced “Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero” for Max. In 2021’s “The Beatles: Get Back,” director Peter Jackson sifted through a lot of cutting-room-floor clips from the “Let It Be” sessions and put a completely new spin on how people viewed the band’s impending breakup.
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