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Article: DOCUMENTARY STILL SOARING AFTER WISCONSIN FILM FEST.(A&E)(TOM ALESIA)(Column)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- July 20, 2008
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Byline: Tom Alesia
I didn't see all 200-plus offerings at the Wisconsin Film Fest in early April, but I doubt there was a better film than the documentary "Song Sung Blue," about Milwaukee's Lightning and Thunder singing duo. Surprisingly emotional, funny and honest, it's better than another Milwaukee-based film, "American Movie," an acclaimed 1999 documentary that made a brief star of its subject, struggling filmmaker Mark Borchardt.
So what happened to "Song Sung Blue" - featuring Mike Sardina, who performed a Neil Diamond tribute backed by his wife, Claire, who did Patsy Cline numbers?
Soon after its two screenings in Madison, "Song Sung Blue" won Best ...
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