![]() ![]() She likened growing up in the projects to being in “a prison, inside a prison, inside a prison.” How as a teenager she never smiled, and how she started to carry everyone’s pain (her mother’s, her neighbours, etc.). ![]() ![]() By doing this, she’s establishing a base point for her darkest point, so you truly understand what she means when she says that. Then she hits you with context letting you know how hard her life was long before she made the album: her father leaving when she was young, moving to the projects, being molested, her mother being abused, etc. Blige lets you know that the making of the “My Life” album was the darkest point of her life. Blige was vulnerable and Vanessa Roth brought a distinct visual style utilizing art/illustrations to make the music and story come to life and break up the talking head. The ones that work do so because the artists are ready to be vulnerable and there is a distinct visual style. I’ve watched a few of these artist documentaries. Unfortunately we don’t live in that world. This documentary would’ve been right at home at the Princess of Wales with a Toronto audience of her fans primed to watch, possibly even paired with a live performance of one or two songs. Blige’s “My Life” album, I know in another world where Covid didn’t happen, there is a good chance this movie would’ve seen a 2020 TIFF screening complete with red carpet. Filmed in 2019 in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of Mary J. ![]()
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