Review of 1-800-on-Her-Own

I am not an Ani fan and have never seen her perform. But I am also not not an Ani fan and have seen her around New Orleans (because New Orleans is teeny). I also have 2 House of Blues handbills of her performances, again, not because I went, but because New Orleans is teeny and back in the day those handbills were plentiful to abscond away with. Moving on! The documentary! The director makes superb use of archival pieces to feather in Ani's narrative to present day cuts with new work and growing family. Some things I knew, a lot I did not. But endless respect for her journey, talent, fearlessness, and as is revealed, vulnerability. She just seems like a very likable person who undoubtedly deserves even more credit for storied career, maybe even a statue in New Orleans somewhere, or hell, even a postal stamp (see another New Orleanian Michael Deas for that one). Cheers to this solid offering of rock docs of living, still producing and still touring artists!