DOCUMENTARY: AALIYAH LIVE IN AMSTERDAM
Produced and Directed by Pogus Caesar
Running Time: 51 min
Aaliyah has truly earned her nickname the "Princess of R&B". Selling over 30 million records worldwide, she has been credited for helping to redefine R&B and Hip Hop.
Aaliyah was both a successful singer and actress on the verge of superstardom when she tragically died, aged just 22, in a plane crash in 2001.
She sang professionally from a young age and in 1994 released her first album, Age Ain't Nothin' But A Number when she was just 14 years old. Within 2 years, she released her second album One in a Million. Aaliyah's music has achieved huge commercial success including several posthumous releases.
By the end of the decade she was working in Hollywood, starring in films such as Romeo Must Die, Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned and the sequel to The Matrix.
At the time of her untimely death she had released three albums and had agreed to appear in two more films.
In 1995, Windrush Productions gained exclusive access to the Amsterdam leg of Aaliyah's European tour. As well as capturing live footage of the concert, Aaliyah and her Father agreed to be interviewed, in a series of intimate conversations, they speak openly about her musical influences, achievements hopes and dreams.
Aaliyah Live in Amsterdam captures a star in their ascendancy. As the story unfolds it provides fans with a rare insight into Aaliyah, and leaves us wondering how much she would have achieved had her life not been so tragically cut short.
3 сен 2015
