I'm Wanita.

Contributor(s): Walker, Matthew [director.] | Bahtiyar, Wanita [performer.] | Virus, Gleny Rae [performer.] | Archer [performer.]Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: MMA7501 | Madman EntertainmentDistributor: Australia : Distributed by Madman Entertainment, [2022]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 DVD-video (approximately 87 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cmContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscOther title: I am WanitaUniform titles: I'm Wanita (Documentary film : 2021) Subject(s): Bahtiya, Wanita | Honky-tonk music -- 2011-2020 -- History and criticism | Honky-tonk musicians -- Australia -- BiographyGenre/Form: Country music. | Documentary films. | Biographical films. | Feature films. | Video recordings for the hearing impaired.DDC classification: 782.421642092 Production credits: Directed by Matthew Walker.Awards: Best Australian Documentary, Sydney Film Festival 2021 - Winner. | Best music Doc, Raindance Film Festival, London 2021 - Winner.Cast: Wanita Bahtiyar, Archer, Gleny Rae Virus, Wanita Bahtiyar.Summary: I'm Wanita is the story of a renegade country music singer and her odyssey to live out her childhood dreams to be a country and western star. Twenty-five years ago Wanita arrived in Tamworth, Australia's country music mecca, with stars in her eyes. Today, the self-crowned "Australia's Queen Of Honky Tonk", is still waiting for the recognition she knows she deserves. Rough-talking, hard-drinking and committed to the sound and stars of country music from a by-gone era, Wanita feels shut out by the mainstream country scene. Deciding to record an album in Nashville, Wanita assembles an unlikely team: fellow musicians Gleny Rae and Archer. As she follows in the footsteps of her Honky Tonk idols, the trio discover Wanita's demons have travelled with them - it might be harder than they thought ensuring Wanita turns up for her date with destiny.
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Madman Entertainment : MMA7501.

Originally released in 2021.

"All hail the queen of Honky Tonk" -- Front cover.

Plus: 70 minutes of additional material: Deleted scenes; Behind the scenes footage; 5 music videos from Wanita and Archer and "Heart of the queen"; the 25 min short film that started it all.

Directed by Matthew Walker.

MA15+. Restricted - Strong coarse language.

DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1/2.0 ; PAL; Region 4 ; Anamorphic widescreen 16:9.

English. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]

Best Australian Documentary, Sydney Film Festival 2021 - Winner.

Best music Doc, Raindance Film Festival, London 2021 - Winner.

I'm Wanita is the story of a renegade country music singer and her odyssey to live out her childhood dreams to be a country and western star. Twenty-five years ago Wanita arrived in Tamworth, Australia's country music mecca, with stars in her eyes. Today, the self-crowned "Australia's Queen Of Honky Tonk", is still waiting for the recognition she knows she deserves. Rough-talking, hard-drinking and committed to the sound and stars of country music from a by-gone era, Wanita feels shut out by the mainstream country scene. Deciding to record an album in Nashville, Wanita assembles an unlikely team: fellow musicians Gleny Rae and Archer. As she follows in the footsteps of her Honky Tonk idols, the trio discover Wanita's demons have travelled with them - it might be harder than they thought ensuring Wanita turns up for her date with destiny.

Wanita Bahtiyar, Archer, Gleny Rae Virus, Wanita Bahtiyar.

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