Several intriguing documentaries premiered in this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Amidst this, Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All received one of the most positive responses from fans and critics.
The music documentary will receive its home digital release on May 7, 2024. However, according to Variety, Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All will play in theatres for a one-night-only release on April 10, 2024. According to Oscilloscope Laboratories’s official website, here is the list of theatres that will screen the film.
This project delves into the lives and careers of the popular American folk rock duo Indigo Girls. The band consists of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. Formed in 1985, the duo reportedly met in elementary school. Gradually, they released their first album in 1987 titled Strange Fire. Over the years, they have released 15 albums in total. Even though both Amy and Emily are lesbians, they are not romantically involved. However, they are considered icons within the queer community.
Variety reported that Emily Saliers expressed her gratitude for the opportunity to tell their story to the world. She said, “It is a beautiful documentary that captures the life force of our community. Now our community has an opportunity to see it on the big screen — we are thankful for that.”
The director of Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All is Alexandria Bombach. Its producers consist of Bombach, Jess Devaney, Anya Rous, and Kathlyn Horan. According to IMDb, the synopsis of the documentary reads, “Known for stirring harmonies and socially conscious lyrics, iconic folk rock duo Indigo Girls are the subject of this intimate and insightful documentary, which tracks their decades-long career.”
Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All director Alexandria Bombach shares that the original plan of the project was different
In a recent interview with Collider, the director of Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All, Alexandria Bombach, stated that she had different plans for the project before COVID. However, as time passed, the end product became special. This documentary was reportedly supposed to be filmed when the duo was touring.
Alexandria Bombach said, “I never know exactly what it’s going to be. I only know big themes or things I want to listen to or pay attention to, and the interviews that we did in 2020 really dictated so much of this story.”
She further stated, “And we didn’t actually know that Amy had a massive archive of footage in her basement until like eight months into shooting. She was like, ‘Hey! You should come in and check this out.’ I was like, ‘What is happening?’ I didn’t really know [that] yet and so that really was just a whole other element. It was that footage plus Sony footage and other things that we came across [and] ended up being over 1,000 hours of footage.”
Alexandria Bombach is a renowned American filmmaker. Apart from the aforementioned documentary, some of her most well-known projects include On Her Shoulders, Frame by Frame, and Natural Heroes.
