Monday 3 September 2007

“Just so you know, we’re ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.”

SHUT UP & SING travels with the Dixie Chicks, from the peak of their popularity as the national-anthem-singing darlings of country music and top-selling female recording artists of all time, through the now infamous anti-Bush comment made by the group’s lead singer Natalie Maines in 2003. The film follows the lives and careers of the Dixie Chicks over a period of three years during which they were under political attack and received death threats, while continuing to live their lives, have children, and of course make music. The film ultimately presents who the Dixie Chicks are as women, public figures, and musicians.

Trailer

Disc Format: DVD 5: Single Layer Single Sided Disc Feature Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Letterbox (original aspect ratio 1.85:1) Subtitle Tracks: English hard-of-hearing (feature only) Language Options: N/A Audio Content: Dolby Digital Soundtrack Format: Dolby Digital 2.0

“Exhilarating documentary” The Guardian

“Inspirational” Daily Express

“This is a frank, enlightening and slightly scary film about one of America’s most cherished democratic privileges- freedom of speech.” Daily Telegraph

“A fascinating, intelligent, heartfelt film” London Paper

“Superlative rockumentary… the resulting portrait is unsparingly honest, but somehow sweetly moving too” The Times