It's Only Life After All
2023 film by Alexandria Bombach
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It's Only Life After All is a 2023 American documentary film, directed, produced, and edited by Alexandria Bombach. It follows the lives and careers of the band Indigo Girls. It had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2023, and was released on April 10, 2024, by Oscilloscope.
- Alexandria Bombach
- Jess Devaney
- Anya Rous
- Kathlyn Horan
- Alexandria Bombach
- J Bennett
- Erick Stoll
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| Directed by | Alexandria Bombach |
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| Edited by | Alexandria Bombach |
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| Distributed by | Oscilloscope |
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Running time | 123 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $228,790[2][3] |
Premise
Explores the lives, careers, and activism of the band Indigo Girls.
Production
In May 2020, it was announced Alexandria Bombach would direct a documentary film revolving around Indigo Girls.[4] Initially the documentary was set to follow the band on tour in a Cinéma vérité style, but the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way the film was made.[5] During post-production, Bombach had 1,000 hours of footage to work with.[6][7]
Release
It's Only Life After All had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2023.[8] It also screened at South by Southwest on March 14, 2023.[9][10] and Tribeca Festival on June 14, 2023.[11][12] In December 2023, Oscilloscope acquired distribution rights to the film.[13] It was released on April 10, 2024.[14]
Reception
Critical reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 92% of 26 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.00/10. The website's consensus reads: "A frank and candid overview of the duo's long partnership, Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All should prove fascinating for longtime fans as well as the unconverted."[15] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 71 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[16]
Robyn Bahr of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "The rare confessional rockumentary that envelops you like a soft blanket."[17] Jude Dry of IndieWire gave the film a B+ writing: "Brimming with previously unseen footage and refreshingly frank interviews with the artists, it’s an adoring opus befitting two long overlooked musicians and activists."[18]
