Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle (2012)

Director: Lian Lunson
Writers: Lian Lunson, Martha Wainwright
Stars: Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Justin Bond
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 29 April 2012 (UK)
Filming Locations: New York City, New York, USA


Storyline
A year ago, Martha and Rufus Wainwright played tearful on-stage hosts to friends and family gathered at NY's Town Hall paying tribute to their mother Kate McGarrigle, the beloved Canadian singer and songwriter who died of cancer in 2010. At the reguest of Rufus, the moving and emotional celebration was captured on film with Sing Me The Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert For Kate McGarrigle a new documentary by Lian Lunson (Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man) recently screened at the Sundance London film festival. Info on DVD or soundtrack release is nil but with the talent involved -- Martha, Rufus, Norah Jones, Emmylou Harris, Antony Hegarty and Teddy Thompson among others -- and the wonderful McGarrigle songbook, this is one to keep on the radar. Trailer, poster and Lunson interview below. "Graceful and engrossing" opined The Hollywood Reporter, "an uplifting and absorbing film about the healing power of music as a cathartic, communal, celebratory life force."