Why Music Documentaries Keep Getting It Wrong

Op-ed for SPIN:

Why Music Documentaries Keep Getting It Wrong
As music documentaries go mainstream, they are becoming sanitized. The best stories aren’t curated—they’re cracked open

Check out some music documentaries from 2024 that I recommend watching and avoiding here and here.

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This entry was posted on July 7, 2025 by Lily Moayeri in Features, Screen and tagged 1971, 1971 the year that music changed everything, a complete unknown, amy, at the drive-in, behind the music, belinda carlisle, bob dylan, bohemian rhapsody, camden, dua lipa, elton john, freddie mercury, lily moayeri, mars volta, music biopic, music documentaries, omar and cedric if this ever gets weird, queen, rocketman, spin, thank you good night the bon jovi story, the go-go's, wolfgang van halen.

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