“Tina – The Tina Turner Musical” will remain an inspiration and treasured memory for those fortunate enough to experience it, says rapturous reviewer BILL STEPHENS.
Is it The Best? As a musical it certainly has its flaws, but the music is often thrilling and Ruva Ngwenya gives a sensational, powerhouse performance.
Yinka Olatunbosun
Tina, a 2021 American-British documentary film, directed by Dan Lindsay and T. J. Martin. Produced by Erwin Bach, it trails the life and career of rock and roll legend, Tina Turner and it is not the first documentary of her life. This version is particularly interesting because the focus is not just on a grass-to-grace story but on the trauma that trails the success story of a sexual violence survivor and the role that the media plays in building the box around a survivor, making freedom a mere wishful thinking.
By all means, Tina’s story is agonising and the 2021 documentary was consciously done not to retraumatise Tina. Though she is still the protagonist in the story with her husband Bach within earshot, Tina wasn’t made to recount the days she was beaten or raped by her husband and mentor, Ike Turner while her son was watching. All those gory episodes were played on audio with footages from the 1993 biopic, âWhatâs Love Got to do with itâ st
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