Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing

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Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing

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Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing

Adrian Pasdar, Emily Robison, George W. Bush, Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines

"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...( read more  read more... ) the now infamous anti-Bush comment made by the group's lead singer 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.

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  • SilentScreamer
    July 18, 2008
    SilentScreamer
    Well I like the chicks and their music and I just never seen the movie so I decided to watch. Not a bad one, cause it's a documentary, and that aint my cup of tea.
    But good, eye opening you could say.
  • Redlats
    August 6, 2007
    Redlats
    I had no idea how much of an effect Natalie's comments had on the band. Dixie Chicks are the only country and western band I will listen to.
  • bort16
    March 14, 2007
    bort16
    Shut up and Sing is telling social document that explores the cost of free speech in the age of propaganda post 9/11. Everyone knows by now about the Dixie Chicks comment, and they know of the controversy that it brought them. Whether you care for the Dixie Chicks music or not ...( read more)(I personally do not) there is no denying that Shut Up and Sing is a powerful film, and its hard to walk away from it not feeling more respect for them.
    Barbara Kopple's style allows for a very intimate viewing of the band behind the scenes with their managers, publicists and families. Its quite refreshing to see that these girls really are incredibly close, and never felt bitter towards Maines for her comment.
    The reaction to her comments snowballed out of control when in the hands of overzealous conservatives, and of course their feud with Toby Keith, of which there are some amusing moments in the film.
    Kopple uses the Dixie Chicks more as a tool to examine the consequences of free speech in the supposed land of the free. It is incredible to remember that people were burning cds, they were being banned, and threatened with death for their words.
    The film lacks the punch found in Harlan County USA and American Dream, but its never short on emotion and its intimate look at the comment's controversy is a powerful examination of how even so called free societies react to dissenters.
  • wbgoose13
    December 12, 2006
    wbgoose13
    Since when did taste in music and politics need to be exclusive?
  • InaHH
    March 16, 2008
    InaHH
    I like documentaries that observe rather than comment, as this one does. The nonlinearity adds to understanding the emotional turmoil the band goes through and makes this a very compelling documentary. The moment when they prepare for the Dallas concert after having received a d...( read more)eath threat is extremely touching.
  • bdimayuga
    June 18, 2009
    bdimayuga
    I am not a Dixie Chicks fan per say but I really enjoyed this film. I like the fact that they speak their minds and they accept all the backlash that they receive from it. Not to many groups especially a female group can do a documentary where they tell it like it is.
  • Jordan770
    May 21, 2009
    Jordan770
    I love the Dixie Chicks and I still believe their career is still there.
  • redisdead86
    April 16, 2009
    redisdead86
    Get the facts straight, and quit hating on them. Shut up & watch this movie!
  • chrisisking09
    January 19, 2009
    chrisisking09
    SHUT UP & SING is an impassioned, politically informed documentary about the Dixie Chicks' run-in with country music radio and fans. The film traces the backlash against the Chicks following singer Natalie Maines' now-infamous declaration at a London concert on March 10, 2003: "J...( read more)ust so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas." A boycott of their music threatened their career. Maines, Martie Maguire, and Emily Robison took on the controversy as a means to defend "free speech." They spoke against majority opinion, which supported the invasion of Iraq. Cutting back and forth in time, Shut Up & Sing includes concert footage, reactions to a death threat made against Maines, recording sessions for their ablum 'Taking the Long Way' , and discussions with manager Simon Renshaw as he and the Chicks figure what to do, as the fallout begins to build.

    I personally liked the documentary, I find it odd how those who profess the greatest love for this country find it so easy to hate those who exercise its most valued principles.

    Also since the film was completed, the Dixie Chicks have won 5 Grammys for the album the controversy gave birth to, and that their careers and energy appear to have been reinvigorated.
  • aprilneo
    November 28, 2008
    aprilneo
    Wasn't planning on watching this, as I'm not a country music fan. Although towards the finale they'd actually written more soft rock music. Glad I watched! It really opened my eyes even more about the hypocrisy in this nation. Kudos to them for standing up for what they said. I s...( read more)till can't believe that Natalie's life was actually threatened. America? Land of the free?
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