The best thing about film documentaries, is that it can help you discover supposedly infamous stories or people that you're not aware of.
Seeing documentaries like this can shock you, move you and most definitely get you asking friends or family if they were aware of this story or person.
In this case, I know nothing about Karen Dalton. So I was intrigued to see what her story is.
It's a very interesting story of a person that only seems to have grabbed the attention she deserved in recent years. Hearing similar stories is always sad to watch as they never got their fame when they were alive. Obviously the best example of this Vincent Van Gogh.
For Dalton, it is interesting that her style within the music industry was perfect for the time period. But in the end, it almost seemed too perfect and authentic.
Hearing interviews describing how it just didn't quite work for our central subject was quite surprising.
I enjoyed the style used as it perfectly matched the heavy archive footage used.
For someone who knew nothing beforehand now feels they can hold a conversation about this topic. What they covered felt thorough and complete.
With the structure being straight forward, it was enough to stop me from calling it great rather than pretty good.
But it's still definitely worth watching. I'm sure fans of Dalton, folk music and 60's music in general will feel this to be a definitive account of her career and life.
Rating: 7/10
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