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Anthem to Beauty (1997)

Anthem to Beauty poster
Original title
Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty
Directed by
Jeremy Marre
Genre
documentary film, rockumentary
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at how the Grateful Dead created two of their albums, Anthem of the Sun and American Beauty. It features interviews with band members and producers about the recording process.

informativenostalgicreflectiveappreciativeconversationalretrospectivefocusedmusical

What happens

Anthem to Beauty is a music documentary about the making of the Grateful Dead albums Anthem of the Sun and American Beauty. It originally aired in a somewhat shortened version in 1997 as part of the television series Classic Albums. It was released on VHS videotape in 1998 and on DVD in 1999, with a running time of 1 hour and 15 minutes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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