It's Only Life After All

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It's Only Life After All
Its Only Life After All.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Alexandria Bombach
Produced by
  • Alexandria Bombach
  • Jess Devaney
  • Anya Rous
  • Kathlyn Horan
Cinematography
  • Alexandria Bombach
  • J Bennett
  • Erick Stoll
Edited byAlexandria Bombach
Production
companies
Distributed by Oscilloscope
Release dates
  • January 19, 2023 (2023-01-19)(Sundance)
  • April 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)
Running time
123 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$228,790 [2] [3]

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.

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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]

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