Shut Up and Watch

Two-time Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple (we watched her 1976 film Harlan County USA), along with co-director Cecilia Peck, is back with another documentary sure to generate interest. Opening last night on both coasts, and in a couple of weeks nationwide, Shut Up and Sing is about the Dixie Chicks, the best-selling female group of all time, and their fall from grace after their public criticism of President Bush on the eve of the invasion of Iraq. You can watch the trailer and a couple of clips at this webpage at Myspace. Here's a review from the Toronto Film Festival. Also, check out this interview with Kopple at IndieWire.