This week, the Geek Girls discuss the wonderful documentary “Love to You, Donna Summer,” co-directed by Donna Summer’s daughter Brooklyn Sudano and Roger Ross Williams (first Black man to win an Oscar for Best Director—short film “Music by Prudence”). The HBO documentary is an intimate look at Donna’s life behind the glitz of the disco queen.
We read a complaint on Twitter that the doc doesn’t pay enough homage to Donna’s fans. This doc isn’t about her fans. It’s about Donna and who she was as a person.
Based in great part on hours of footage that Donna took of herself and on numerous interviews that Donna gave over the years, the doc shows the multidimensional life of the star offstage. Donna herself says multiple times how her onstage self is a persona. She was an actress playing a part.
We also hear from her daughters and friends about their perspectives of Donna and their relationships with her.
Of course, we get lots of footage of Donna’s performances. We dare you not to get up and dance!
You can watch the doc on… the new streaming service Max. Ugh. Bye bye, HBO Max. Long live HBO.
By the way, the Donna Summer discussion starts at about 21 minutes. Yes, we have a lot of other stuff to chat about first!
Another by the way, Kelly misspells succor at the beginning. Jeez.
Next week… The Finale Show (Not Ours).
-
Original music by Garrett Thompson
Follow us:
Continue the conversation on Facebook
Listen to Cort's podcast with Brad at PureFandom.com
Check out Susan’s movie stats on Letterboxd
Email your questions and comments to GeekGirlSoup@gmail.com
Geek on!
