High Hopes in South Africa (2014)

Genre

documentary film

Country

Netherlands

How it feels

This documentary follows Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band during their first concerts in South Africa. It shows behind the scenes moments and interviews with band members. The film also visits local fans in their daily lives and at the shows.

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What happens

High Hopes In South Africa is a 2014 documentary film documenting the first-ever South Africa concerts by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band with special guest Tom Morello during their High Hopes Tour in January 2014. The film was released in the Netherlands in May 2014 through Sony Music Netherlands and was also posted to YouTube. Footage from the band's pre-tour sound checks and press gatherings along with extensive interviews by Dutch journalists and filmmakers Leon Verdonschot, Art Rooijakkers and Erik van Bruggen with Steven Van Zandt and Tom Morello are included. The film also followed South African fans at their homes, work and at the shows in Cape Town and Johannesburg. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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