Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (2006)

Directors

Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck

Cast

Natalie Maines, Emily Robison, Martie Maguire, George W. Bush, Rick Rubin, Simon Renshaw

The story

The title of the film was inspired by conservative commentator Laura Ingraham, who coined the phrase "shut up and sing" in such context earlier; it was the title of her 2003 book Shut Up & Sing: How Elites from Hollywood, Politics, and the UN Are Subverting America. The tagline of the film, "freedom of speech is fine as long as you don't do it in public", is a reference to a scene in which an interviewed protester says "freedom of speech is fine but by God you don't do it outside of the country and you don't do it in mass publicly". The film opens during the Dixie Chicks' 2003 Top of the World Tour, discussing the Dixie Chicks' superstar…

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