David Bowie: The Last Five Years (2017)

Directed by

Francis Whately

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

G

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 60 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary covering the final five years of David Bowie's career. It uses unseen footage and interviews with people who knew him to show his creative process during that period.

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What happens

David Bowie: The Last Five Years is a 2017 British documentary that tells the story of the last five years of David Bowie's career. It was produced and directed by Francis Whately. The film uses unseen footage of Bowie, and commentary from a wide variety of friends and colleagues. It was first broadcast on BBC on 7 January 2017, and was then released on HBO on 8 January 2018. The film received generally positive reviews. In 2019 it was followed by David Bowie: Finding Fame. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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