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Follows the life of iconic singer Donna Summer.Follows the life of iconic singer Donna Summer.Follows the life of iconic singer Donna Summer.
- Awards
- 7 nominations
Barbra Streisand
- Self
- (archive footage)
Michael McKean
- Self
- (archive footage)
David L. Lander
- Self
- (archive footage)
Johnny Carson
- Self
- (archive footage)
Elton John
- Self
- (voice)
Jimmie 'JJ' Walker
- Self
- (archive footage)
Arsenio Hall
- Self
- (archive footage)
Quincy Jones
- Self
- (archive footage)
Donna Summer
- Self
- (archive footage)
Dionne Warwick
- Self
- (archive footage)
Janis Joplin
- Self
- (archive footage)
Josephine Baker
- Self
- (archive footage)
Merv Griffin
- Self
- (archive footage)
Giorgio Moroder
- Self
- (voice)
Tom Snyder
- Self
- (archive footage)
Mahalia Jackson
- Self
- (archive footage)
Mimi Sommer
- Self
- (as Mimi Dohler)
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Disappointing
This was somewhat disappointing. To start with, you almost never see who's speaking. You only hear their voice which is very difficult to follow but also frustrating, you want to see the person speaking. Similarly, and bizarrely, there is very little footage of Donna Summer speaking, you mainly, only, hear her voice.
To add to the confusion, it is somewhat disjointed, going back and forth in time, back and forth in relationships and music eras.
There's a lot of private home video footage which doesn't really tell a story and it almost never relates to what you hear being said by the faceless talking heads.
They're not dwelling too much on her being the Queen of Disco, or the disco era itself (I had anticipated this would be the focal point at least for half the documentary). Then nothing about the 80s or the 90s and very little about her final years.
Even the gay backlash of the 80s is treated (briefly) as something that happened to her as opposed something she unknowingly and maybe naively instigated.
I guess I expected a celebration of a woman, an era (or two) and an impressive body of work.
To add to the confusion, it is somewhat disjointed, going back and forth in time, back and forth in relationships and music eras.
There's a lot of private home video footage which doesn't really tell a story and it almost never relates to what you hear being said by the faceless talking heads.
They're not dwelling too much on her being the Queen of Disco, or the disco era itself (I had anticipated this would be the focal point at least for half the documentary). Then nothing about the 80s or the 90s and very little about her final years.
Even the gay backlash of the 80s is treated (briefly) as something that happened to her as opposed something she unknowingly and maybe naively instigated.
I guess I expected a celebration of a woman, an era (or two) and an impressive body of work.
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- garlandsmith
- May 21, 2023
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- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
- Color
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By what name was Love to Love You, Donna Summer (2023) officially released in Canada in English?
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