Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band (2019)

Original title

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band

Directed by

Daniel Roher

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

14A

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of Robbie Robertson and his bandmates in The Band. It focuses on their rise in the music world and the personal dynamics that shaped their work.

intimatenostalgicreflectiveearnestbiographicalsentimentalmusicalpoignant

What happens

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band is a 2019 documentary film, directed by Daniel Roher. A portrait of the influential roots rock group The Band, the film is based in part on Robbie Robertson's 2017 memoir Testimony. The film premiered on September 5, 2019, as the opening film of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, the first time the festival has ever selected a Canadian documentary film as its opening gala. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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