EXCLUSIVE: Paramount+ has acquired the Cyndi Lauper documentary Let the Canary Sing and has set the premiere date for June 4 within the U.S. and Canada; the UK, Australia, Latin America, Brazil, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria can watch a day later.
Deadline has your first have a look at the trailer above.
Additionally, a companion album of the identical identify can be launched by Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment. Tracks embrace a lot of her songs from her days in Blue Angel to her breakout single “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” to “True Colors” and “I Drove All Night,” to call just a few.
Directed by Emmy Award-winning documentarian Alison Ellwood, Let the Canary Sing “chronicles Lauper’s meteoric ascent to stardom and her profound impact on generations through her music, ever-evolving punk style, unwavering feminism and tireless advocacy. The documentary takes the audience on an engaging exploration of a renowned and pioneering artist who has left a remarkable legacy with her art,” a launch from the streamer shares.
Ellwood’s credit embrace the two-part documentary Laurel Canyon, in regards to the music scene that flourished within the Hollywood Hills neighborhood within the Nineteen Sixties, and The Go-Go’s, in regards to the all-female pop band that have been contemporaries of Lauper.
“Over the years I’ve been asked to do a documentary about my life and work, but it never felt like the right time. Until now,” shared Lauper. “When I first met Alison Ellwood, I knew right away I could trust her to tell my story honestly, which was incredibly important to me, and she succeeded in that. I’d like to thank Alison, the producers and all of the amazing documentary participants who agreed to be interviewed.”
The title stems from a lawsuit Lauper confronted greater than 40 years in the past after she went solo following her time with Blue Angel. The decide who resolved the case stated of Lauper, “Let the canary sing.”
The documentary is produced by Fine Point Films (The Go-Go’s, No Stone Unturned) with Trevor Birney, Eimhear O’Neill, Andrew Tully and Alison Ellwood. Executive producers additionally embrace Lisa Barbaris and Gregory P. Cimino II, Esq; Tom Mackay, Richard Story and Rebecca Teitel for Sony Music Entertainment; Sophia Dilley and Wesley Adams for Concord Originals. Sony Music Vision is the distributor.
Lauper additionally seems within the new documentary The Greatest Night in Pop, now streaming on Netflix, in regards to the making of the landmark charity single “We Are the World.” She is joined within the movie by Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Loggins, Dionne Warwick, Huey Lewis, Smokey Robinson, and others recalling the evening in January 1985 once they recorded one in every of pop music’s most celebrated songs.