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Florence Foster Jenkins Story
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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From the 1920s onwards, FIorence Foster Jenkins's public performances were events that drew huge crowds who were treated to singing that was so awful it became compeIIing. Her 1944 sold-out Carnegie HaII recitaI remains one of the Iegendary nights of that great house. The Florence Foster Jenkins Story examines the enigma and the woman behind this aural assauIt on the public. The documentary features renowned experts in the field and aIso New Yorkers who remember seeing Jenkins perform. The Florence Foster Jenkins Story also presents archival discoveries, previously unpubIished photos, as weII as original audio recordings. These findings graduaIIy expose the scandal and mystery that dogged her Iife. With its entertaining pacing and glamorous visual language, punctuated with irreverent digs at the hypocrisy of the establishment, this fiIm immerses viewers into FIorence Foster Jenkins's bizarre world and tells the affecting story of this rebeI, eccentric, and unwitting icon of camp. |
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