Sing Your Song
2011 · Movie · 103 min · ★ 6.9 · 84% critics
This documentary looks beyond a famous entertainer’s public image to explore a lifetime of activism. Using interviews and archival material, it traces how a celebrated career became intertwined with leadership in the civil rights movement and a wider push for social justice around the world.
Also known as Sing Your Song: Harry Belafonte
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Details
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2012-01-13
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (10 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an inspiring, music-adjacent documentary about activism and history, with firsthand reflections and archival moments; Not for you if you dislike issue-driven stories or dense timelines, like in Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten.
Pros: inspiring life story; powerful archival footage; moving social justice focus | Cons: too much for runtime; distracting visual distortions
Themes
- woman director
Cast & crew
Harry Belafonte
as Self
Sidney Poitier
as Self
Marge Champion
as Self
- FA
Fran Scott Attaway
as Self
- JB
Julian Bond
as Self
- GS
George Schlatter
as Self
- AB
Adrienne Belafonte-Biesmeyer
as Self
Diahann Carroll
as Self
- MM
Mike Merrick
as Self
- JR
Julie Robinson
as Self
Directed by Susanne Rostock