Amazon MGM announced on January 31 that it had acquired the global copyright of Celine Dion's feature-length documentary I Am: Celine Dion, directed by Emmy winner and Academy Award nominee filmmaker Irene Taylor Taylor. The documentary, co-produced by Sony Music Vision, Sony Music Entertainment of Canada and Vermilion Films, will premiere on Amazon's video platform Prime Video, with a date not yet set.
The documentary "I am: Celine Dion" will take the audience on Celine's past and present journey, about her struggle with SPS and her expectation of continuing to perform for her beloved loyal fans. From visiting her fashion tour wardrobe and personal belongings to her time in the studio, the documentary captures a personal life that a global superstar has never seen before. I am: Celine Dion, which has been filmed for more than a year, is a musical love letter full of emotion, vitality and poetry, documenting the legendary singer's real life journey of opening up her heart in illness.
Celine Dion said on her personal social media account that she hopes to document this part of her life through documentaries to "raise awareness of this little-known disease and help other people with it." At the same time, he also revealed that he missed his fans very much and was slowly resuming his acting career and preparing to return to the stage.
In October 2021, when Celine announced that she had cancelled a concert scheduled for November in Las Vegas because of health problems, her team revealed that Celine was "suffering from severe and persistent muscle spasms and was unable to perform on stage."
In December 2022, Celine Dion announced that she was suffering from stiff man syndrome and had to suspend her stage career in order to focus on treatment, which led to her frequent cramps, difficulty walking and inability of her vocal cords to pronounce normally according to her own habits. Celine postponed the tour scheduled for 2023 because of stiff man syndrome.
According to the National Institute of Neurology and Stroke, stiff man syndrome is "a rare, progressive syndrome that affects the nervous system, especially the brain and spinal cord." The cause of stiff person syndrome is not clear. Most of the patients are female, often showing stiffness and spasm of the torso and limbs. Symptoms may appear in the whole body over time. In addition, the disease may also be accompanied by severe pain, panic, sweating, arrhythmia and other symptoms.
Although Celine Dion suffered setbacks due to health problems, she did not give up her acting career. In 2023, she showed her acting talent in the romantic comedy "Love Again" and released five new songs in the film soundtrack.
Celine Dion is one of the most famous female singers in the history of pop music. She became famous at the age of 13. In her 40-year career, she sold more than 250 million albums and won five Grammy Awards, two Academy Awards and the 2016 Billboard Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Idol Award. She was named the best-selling female artist of all time at the 2004 World Music Awards. Her repertoire includes the classic "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic, "Beauty and the Beast", which was nominated for an Oscar, and "because you Love me (Because You Loved Me)", which is later the theme song of the American romantic movie "Love in the War".
Source: Yangzi Evening News