5 Amazing Celebrity Documentaries You Need To Watch Today
Since the rise of the entertainment industry, celebrities have had a love and hate relationship with the paparazzi. To a certain degree, A-Listers have a PR team to carefully curate a public persona to get better attention. But unfortunately, that is why fans rarely get to see who their favorite stars actually are behind the cameras.
Nowadays, social media helps in getting a glimpse into the actual life and persona of these celebrities. However, the best media format to get an informative view on any subject is through a documentary, and over the recent years, there have been several documentaries released about celebrities that can be streamed today.
Here are some of the best documentaries ready for streaming.
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé (2019)
Beyoncé Knowles will probably be credited as the best African-American artist in history. Not only has she won the most Grammy Awards by a female, but she is also the first black woman to headline the iconic Coachella Music and Arts Festival, and this documentary intercuts between the singer-songwriter’s two performances at the 2018 Coachella.
The documentary gives fans a glimpse into Beyoncé’s personal life, which she usually keeps to herself. She served as the film’s executive producer, writer, and producer. Moreover, the documentary presents her meticulous artistry in relation to black American history.
Miss: Americana (2020)
Taylor Swift started her career during her teenage years. She quickly garnered a degree of international popularity with a teenage sweetheart persona. However, she slowly opened her eyes to the harshness of celebrity life, and controversies such as the infamous 2009 VMAs debacle with Kanye West only proved to be devastating for the pop star.
Miss Americana details the artist’s budding political advocacy and her battle with an eating disorder. It features personal and relatable footage of a 30-year-old pop star starting to reconcile with her public reputation. It is a documentary of Swift’s journey into finding her own voice as an adult woman.
Gaga: Five Foot Two (2017)
The documentary shows Lady Gaga’s journey and investments into recording her studio album, Joanne, and her efforts into giving a performance of a lifetime at the Super Bowl. The film also explains the story behind the album name Joanne.
It turns out that Joanne is the pop star’s aunt who passed away due to lupus at the early age of 19 years old. Gaga also details her aunt’s life and shares how talented she was but did not have enough time. The film shows the singer-songwriter’s more intimate and personal side that fans rarely get to see.
Simply Complicated (2017)
Many child stars go through troubling experiences during their formative years—some credit this tragedy as a consequence of fame. Demi Lovato shared her personal experiences on the YouTube documentary Simply Complicated. The film featured raw, candid interviews with the pop star as she talked about drug addiction, bullying, and heartbreak.
The documentary was released ahead of her 2017 studio album Tell Me You Love Me, and the film’s intimate and personal take on Lovato’s past troubles only made her Grammy comeback a lot more triumphant for her eager fans.
Amy (2015)
A lot of fans around the world were heartbroken when the news of Amy Winehouse’s tragic passing came to light, and this documentary featured several exclusive home videos and interviews with the late singer’s inner circle.
Asif Kapadia was credited for directing the documentary that showed Winehouse’s tragic substance abuse and her journey to fortune and fame. However, Kapadia ensured that the film didn’t paint the singer and her loved ones as victims nor villains.