IN CINEMAS 2007
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 to the 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. At a time when the US is fighting for democracy and freedom of speech in other countries, the film is a poignant reminder that speaking your mind in the West isn’t always appreciated.
Shut Up & Sing is directed and produced by Academy Award-winner Barbara Kopple (“Harlan County USA” and “American Dream”) and Cecilia Peck.
