Sing Your Song
HBO Documentary Films | Release Date: January 13, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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90
SalonAndrew O'HehirJan 12, 2012
Most famously, Belafonte ignited immense controversy both within and without the black community by repeatedly suggesting that Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice were the "house slaves" of the George W. Bush administration. Read full review
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The New York TimesManohla DargisJan 12, 2012
The revelations keep coming in Sing Your Song and it's hard not to go googly eyed when, for a 1963 CBS special, you see Mr. Belafonte discussing the march on Washington with some fellow marchers, Mr. Poitier, Marlon Brando, James Baldwin, Charlton Heston and the film director Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierJan 12, 2012
Belafonte still finds ways to address injustice - and now we have over 50 years of his example to follow and his music to enjoy. Read full review
70
MovielineStephanie ZacharekJan 14, 2012
It's valuable for both the vintage footage Rostock has collected and for the observations provided by Belafonte, who is as charming, handsome and persuasive in his mid-80s as he ever was. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyJan 12, 2012
Really more of an effusive autobiography of the 84-year-old singer-actor than a traditional documentary, so be prepared for something close to sainthood in its tone. Read full review
70
VarietyJohn AndersonJan 12, 2012
Moving and enlightening as it serves up a crash-course in 20th-century history. Read full review
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Slant MagazineKalvin HenelyJan 12, 2012
It's likely, then, that the film was directed by Susanne Rostock the same way Belfonte's new memoir, My Song, was written with Vanity Fair's Michael Shnayerson: to articulate, polish, and edit what the vociferous and at times alarmingly honest Belfonte wants to tell us without injuring his credibility outside of the left any further. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua RothkopfJan 12, 2012
There's a more courageous profile waiting to be made by someone who understands the man better. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMelissa AndersonJan 12, 2012
Produced by his youngest daughter, Gina, this profile of Harry Belafonte, foregrounding the 84-year-old actor and singer's political activism, is a moving if occasionally wearying hagiography. Read full review
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