Miss Americana (2020)

Directed by

Lana Wilson

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

R

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 649 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Taylor Swift over several years as she navigates her career and personal life. It shows her grappling with public scrutiny and finding her own voice as an influential woman.

intimateemotionally revealingreflectivepersonalvulnerablehonestinspiring

What happens

Miss Americana (also known as Taylor Swift: Miss Americana) is a 2020 American documentary film that follows the singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and her life over the course of several years of her career. It was directed by Lana Wilson, produced by Tremolo Productions, and released to Netflix and select theaters on January 31, 2020. The film is titled after "Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince", a 2019 song by Swift. The film has been described as an unvarnished and emotionally revealing look at Swift, during a metamorphic phase in her life, as she learns to accept her role as not only a singer-songwriter and entertainer, but as an influential woman "harnessing the full power of her voice." It is set in the time period spanning from Swift's Reputation Stadium Tour (2018) to the release roll-out of her seventh studio album, Lover (2019), dotted with flashback video clips portraying several undisclosed events of her life and career. Premiering at the opening night of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2020, Miss Americana was praised for its emotion, intimacy, and vulnerable topics. Reviews complimented Swift's honesty and personality. Accompanying the film's release, "Only the Young", a song by Swift featured in the end credits, was released as a promotional single. Miss Americana was selected by the National Board of Review as one of the five best documentaries of 2020. Publications have named it amongst the best Netflix films and biographical documentaries and regard it as a pivotal moment for Swift's career. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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