The documentary was released in 2021, two years before the singer’s death. The film was something of a farewell to the artist’s career, it exposed neglect and abuse and told the story of poor childhood to stardom.
“It wasn’t a good life.” the sentence of Tina Turner marked the documentary about his trajectory released two years before his death, this Wednesday (24), at the age of 83. The film Tina it was a kind of farewell to public life, a last act.
The feature film debuted at the Berlin Film Festival that year and features an unprecedented interview with the singer, as well as testimonials from Oprah Winfrey, Angela Bassetto AND katori roomamong others.
Tina is available to stream in Brazil on HBO Max.
The documentary told the story of Tina Turner from her poor and abandoned childhood – both her father and mother are gone. As a teenager in St. Louis, the singer, still known as Anna Mae Bullock, joined the band of Ike Turner, who gave it her stage name.
Life of neglect and abuse
The film explored her energy a lot, but it didn’t ignore her pain. Though he’s suffered through the trauma of violence and lack of love, the singer has never been afraid to talk about it—or to let others do it.
After the historic interview for the Peoplehas published two biographies, Me, Tina – The Story of My Life (1986) and Tina Turner – My Love Story (2019), a biopic (Tina1993, with Angela Bassett) and made into a musical in Tina: The Musical by Tina Turner (2018), written by Katori Hall, who recently wrote the series P-Valleinspired by another piece of his authorship.
It was in talking to her shortly before the premiere of the musical that the directors got the impression that the singer saw the documentary as a farewell, not from the stage, from which she retired in 2009, but from public life. “It’s goodbye to your part in your story,” TJ Martin said. “As people kept asking her what she suffered, for Tina she continued to be a form of work because she can’t separate herself from the cultural icon that she helped create. So separating is literally stepping out of the spotlight.”
Precursor of Me too
Tina and Ike Turner had successful careers and a marriage marred by his violence. In 1976, after suicide attempts, she left the relationship with little more than the right to use her stage name. But she has found it difficult to continue her artistic career, as she is often linked to Ike. In an attempt to get rid of it, you gave an interview to “People” magazine, speaking openly on the subject, being you a forerunner of the movement Me too.
The show at the Maracanã marked a comeback
Tina Turner made a comeback, pitching private dancera hit album with hits like What does love have to do with thisover 40 years.
A wave of success began which had as one of its peaks the show for 180,000 people at the Maracanã stadium, a record. “It’s been a big part of her career. We talked to her about this performance, but in the end we thought it was better to show than talk,” said Daniel Lindsay. She’s on stage, after all, commanding an audience of thousands, dancing nonstop, singing in her signature strong voice, that we see Tina Turner’s strength.
Source: Terra
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