Tina: Documentary about the eventful life of music icon Tina Turner.
Plot and background
Her voice is unmistakable, her songs long iconic. Tina Turner looks back on her once-in-a-lifetime career that began in the 1950s in the new documentary “Tina”, revealing the turbulent ups and downs of her life in previously unreleased interviews and private glimpses.
With songs like “GoldenEye”, “The Best” and “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)”, she realised the childhood dream as the first black “Queen of Rock’n’Roll”, who could single-handedly fill stadiums at lightning speed and incidentally set a world record for the largest paying audience for a solo artist in 1988. As dazzling as her success was, its darker side was darker.
Ike Turner, who also gave her her stage name Tina Turner and was her husband from 1962 to 1978, beat her behind closed doors. Only with difficulty did she leave behind the stigma as a survivor of abuse, speak publicly about her experiences and give a voice to many women of her time.
It was through the darkest episodes of her life that she drew the strength and energy for the iconic albums and songs of the 1980s and 1990s that everyone knows and loves today. Tina Turner is rightly considered a living music legend.
In the trailer with German subtitles, “Tina” Turner talks about her eventful life:
“Tina” – background, cinema release
Directors Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin not only let Tina Turner herself speak in their documentary, but also trailblazers such as Angela Bassett, Oprah Winfrey, journalist Kurt Loder and her second husband Erwin Bach.
The documentary was premiered as a gala premiere at the Berlinale 2021 and brings Tina Turner’s point of view to the fore. The documentary “Tina” can be seen in selected cinemas throughout Germany from 17 June 2021. An FSK rating indicated the documentary from 0 years.
