Wellstone Documentary Film Series Continues with Dixie Chicks Film

On Friday, April 27th, we will be showing “Shut Up and Sing” at the South Portland Community Center.  Doors open at 6:00 p.m., with the film starting at 6:30 and running 93 minutes.  While admission is free, donations are welcome to cover snacks.

Shut Up and Sing is a 2006 documentary directed by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck.  It centers on country music’s The Dixie Chicks and their nationwide vilification over critical statements they made about President Bush in 2003.  Over a three-year period the singers went from darlings of the industry to political targets, receiving constant death threats and being denounced by their fans.