Sophie B. Hawkins: The Cream Will Rise

This cinema verite-style documentary pushes the limits of confessional cinema as it delves into the psyche of acclaimed singer Sophie B. Hawkins. Featuring home demos of new tunes and intense super-8 footage of live performances, this film is both the chronicle of Hawkins's 1996 Moxy Tour and a journey to the performer's troubled past. Based on the premise that one must expose an artist's demons in order to understand his/her work, this risky venture explores Hawkins's love-hate relationship with her mother, Joan. While her brother Nicholas remains a neutral observer, Hawkins and her substance-abusing mother thrash out warring perceptions of Sophie's childhood. In be...