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Schwabe, Oliver 2023 Bad Woman Blues.
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Bad Woman Blues - Beth Hart
Portrait of an exceptional singer by Oliver Schwabe
Documentary by Oliver Schwabe
3sat
Sat Oct 14
20:15
First broadcast
The documentary "Bad Woman Blues - Beth Hart" celebrates the music and voice of a woman who enriches rock and blues with emotion, authenticity and honesty. Beth Hart inspires and surprises again and again with her unmistakable stage presence and her rousing concerts. 3sat will show the cinematic portrait by Oliver Schwabe on Saturday, October 14, 2023, at 8.15 pm in the first broadcast.
For Beth Hart, there is no separation between art and life. On the contrary: one cannot exist without the other. Beth Hart uses music to fight the ghosts of the past. She encountered alcohol and drugs as a teenager and was later diagnosed with a mental illness. The blues singer looked into deep abysses in her youth and early adulthood. These experiences flow into her art and make her music intense and her concerts unique. An almost spiritual experience - both for the audience and for Beth Hart herself.
Oliver Schwabe's film accompanies the musician on the tour bus, doing yoga on stage before the soundcheck and backstage shortly before her performances. The filming locations are large halls and small clubs on the beach in Los Angeles. Beth Hart lets us look over her shoulder in the studio and talks about her way of working, her setbacks and also about her bipolar disorder, which dominates her life but which she now has under control. Companions such as her long-time manager Dave Wolff and guitar hero Slash talk about the exceptional artist, whose fan base has been growing steadily for over 30 years. Beth Hart's extraordinary career shows that it is worth staying true to yourself, trusting your own talent and not following every fashion. She is an artist who knows how to take the broad-leggedness out of rock and instead express herself in a soulful and stirring way in very personal songs. And with a voice that is second to none.
https://www.3sat.de/kultur/musik/bad-woman-blues-beth-hart-104.html
available in the media library until 14.01.24
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Documentary film