LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE (2019) **** Reverent and well-executed biographical documentary on the pioneering rock star Linda Ronstadt depicting her career as a female entertainer who made an indelible impression in her field beginning in the 1960s as a folk rock singer to a quartet then inevitably a solo career the likes the world had never witnessed with a string of hits, platinum selling albums, concert tours, and her forays into Mexican music and standards that solidified her as a performer whose soulful and passionate voice that has recently been side-lined with her contracting Parkinson's Disease. Directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman incorporates talking head tributes from her friends/peers like Dolly Parton, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris and Don Henley with vintage footage of her singing with deep impact. One of the year's best films.
Bittersweet and heartfelt docubio on one of the greatest entertainers of our time; one of the year's best films.
8 September 2019
Warning: Spoilers