Presenting Princess Shaw

2015

Action / Documentary / Music

Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 65% · 46 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 65% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 616 616

Plot summary

Through You Princess will follow Samantha, Kutiman, and some of the musicians around the world who are not aware of Kutiman creating his new music out of their musical web clips. Everyone is from another background, culture, and country, but all share now a mutual musical vision.

Director

Ido Haar Photo
Ido Haar

Top cast

Kutiman Photo
Kutiman as Self
Samantha Montgomery Photo
Samantha Montgomery as Self
Tiffany Crawford Photo
Tiffany Crawford as Tiffany Shante'
Tiffany Shante Photo
Tiffany Shante as Tiffany Shante
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765.15 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   es  
23.976 fps
1 hr 23 min
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1.54 GB
1920*1072
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us   es  
23.976 fps
1 hr 23 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by marsanobill 8 / 10

Unlikely Hero Jump-Starts a Struggling Singer's Career

Documentary. Samantha Montgomery, who looks to be in her late 20s/early 30s, lives in ghetto New Orleans. She has and has had a tough, even punishing life; works a low-level nursing-home job; lives alone; and has, let's face it, not much in the way of prospects. She wants to be a star, and she pours her life into her songs and singing anywhere, including at some of the noisiest smoke- blue open-mike dives and dumps imaginable, but mostly to an unseen crowd of followers on YouTube. What happens next can't be mentioned but more important is the heart and courage of the Princess herself. Despite little encouragement save the obligatory kind reflexively offered by Mom and friends, she works hard at her art, remaining consistently and insistently optimistic and open-hearted. And generous, too: doesn't resent her mother's past neglect, is kind and encouraging even to those who want that open- mike chance as much as she does. Stick with this. It's a tad slow in the beginning and the nightclub scenes are ear-pummeling and chaotic; they show you what Princess has to survive.
Reviewed by mrshev 9 / 10

Feel good story

Saw this at Visions Du Reel in Switzerland and I knew nothing about it so saw it somewhat blind, not really knowing what the plot was about.The story of two disparate and utterly different artists coming together (Princess Shaw and Kutiman) is told with wonderful pace and genuine warmth. As the film progresses the story gradually reveals itself and you feel the impending resolution slowly emerge...and it is a beautiful moment. Princess Shaw is so full of positivity (which is an utter miracle) and follows her dream with un-dented drive and charisma and you end up feeling a tremendous amount of affection for her and her spirit. Kutiman comes across as an almost Svengali figure and is the perfect foil for Princess Shaw. The moment of revelation is a thing of joy and I found myself smiling at the memory many days after watching the film.The film is raw but beautifully edited and you can feel the craft of the film maker touching every aspect as he tried to mold this into a final film. Wonderful film that should not be missed - especially if you like music. The irony of this is that Princess Shaw auditioned for The Voice but was rejected and we can all see that she is much more talented than they realised.
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