20 Feet From Stardom is one of those documentaries that’s just plain fun, and interesting to watch – for the music and the story. It’s not quite as good as 2002’s Standing in the Shadow of Motown (about the backup musicians “The Funk Brothers”), or as focused as last year’s Searching for Sugarman, but it does give some incredibly talented, mostly female backup singers their due… their long overdue due!
That’s really all you need to know. Here’s the trailer: