Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon (2011)

Directed by

Andrew Eastel

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 30m

Rated

PG

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 188 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary covers Michael Jackson's life from his start with the Jackson 5 through his solo career and the child molestation accusations. It includes interviews with his mother Katherine, siblings, and other artists who knew him.

informativereverentpersonalreflectiveintimatefactualbalanced

What happens

Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon is a documentary film about pop singer Michael Jackson produced by his friend David Gest. The film features footage of the beginning of The Jackson 5, Jackson's solo career and the child molestation accusations made against him. It also has interviews with Jackson's mother, Katherine, and siblings, Tito and Rebbie Jackson, as well as other artists—who were inspired by him and had met him before his death—including Whitney Houston, Smokey Robinson and Dionne Warwick. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 2, 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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