Think you’re getting a traditional music documentary with Alexandria Bombach’s It’s Only Life After All? Think again.
The piece does retrace some of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers’ career as the Indigo Girls, but Bombach uses interviews with the duo and archival footage in a way that doesn’t just simply lay out their journey from then to now. It’s Only Life After All feels raw and truly lived-in. The viewer doesn’t just watch the steps they took but rather feels the evolution they went through both as musicians and as human beings, and also how they influenced countless for the better in the process.
In celebration of It’s Only Life After All’s 2023 Sundance Film Festival premiere, Bombach, Ray, and Saliers visited the Collider Studio presented by Saratoga Spring Water to discuss their experience making the documentary. Bombach talked about making the shift from vérité films to directing an archival documentary and also emphasized the invaluable collaborator and friend she found in producer Brock Williams. Ray and Saliers reveal the elements of the finished film that surprised them most and also tease another upcoming film they're part of, Glitter & Doom starring Alex Diaz, Alan Cammish, Ming-Na Wen, Missi Pyle, and Tig Notaro.
Hear about all of that and so much more in this video interview!
Special thanks to our 2023 partners at Sundance including presenting partner Saratoga Spring Water and supporting partners Marbl Toronto, EMFACE, Sommsation, Hendrick’s Gin, Stella Artois, mou, and the all-electric vehicle, Fisker Ocean.
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