David Bowie: The Last Five Years
Directed by Francis Whately
Produced by BBC Film
A reverent documentary portrait of David Bowie's final creative renaissance, balancing nostalgia and artistic legacy with the poignancy of mortality and artistic renewal.
In the last five years of his life, David Bowie ended nearly a decade of silence to engage in an extraordinary burst of activity, producing two groundbreaking albums and a musical. David Bowie: The Last Five Years explores this unexpected end to a remarkable career. Made with remarkable access, Francis Whately’s documentary is a revelatory follow-up to his acclaimed 2013 documentary David Bowie: Five Years, which chronicled Bowie’s golden ‘70s and early-‘80s period.
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