Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p I'm Going to Tell You a Secret is a 2005 American documentary film directed by Jonas Åkerlund that follows singer-songwriter Madonna on her 2004 Re-Invention World Tour. The film premiered on MTV in the United States on October 21, 2005, but was not released commercially until June 20, 2006, in DVD by Warner Bros. Records. The documentary was originally called The Re-Invented Process in reference to the world tour it documents and the Steven Klein collaboration and exhibition titled X-STaTIC Pro=CeSS. It starts with imagery from the exhibition and Madonna auditioning dancers for the tour, continues with Madonna and her entourage travelling through different cities and performing, the singer's introspection on her life, her marriage, her religion and her children, and ends with Madonna's visit to Israel in the midst of protests.The documentary developed from Madonna's need to show her artistic side on the tour and her devotion towards the Jewish mysticism Kabbalah. Unlike her 1990 documentary Truth or Dare, which had an air of Hollywood glamour and its spoils, with I'm Going to Tell You a Secret Madonna wanted to signal from its beginning that it was about spirituality and her own maturity. Like Truth or Dare, the performance scenes were shot in color, while the rest of the documentary was in black-and-white. Besides Madonna, her dancers and her tour entourage, Åkerlund also shot her family, her working process and her day-to-day life. Other locations and persons included Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie's local pub in Mayfair, London, as well as appearances from filmmaker Michael Moore, her father and stepmother.Before releasing the documentary, Madonna invited a select group of friends and co-workers to watch a rough three-hour cut of the film at a local theater in Notting Hill, and had to prune the film when feedback was negative regarding excessive details about Kabbalah. For the promotion and premiere of the film, Madonna appeared at Q&A sessions with the press and also gave a speech to film students at New York's Hunter College. Critical response to the documentary was mixed, with one group of reviewers complimenting the live performances from the tour and the scenes involving her children and family, while others criticized the self-indulgent nature of the documentary and the preaching nature of Madonna's commentary in the film. I'm Going to Tell You a Secret was released in a two-disc format, a CD with 14 songs from the show and a DVD with the documentary film. The release received a positive response from critics but was a moderate success commercially.. }
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- I'm_Going_to_Tell_You_a_Secret abstract "I'm Going to Tell You a Secret is a 2005 American documentary film directed by Jonas Åkerlund that follows singer-songwriter Madonna on her 2004 Re-Invention World Tour. The film premiered on MTV in the United States on October 21, 2005, but was not released commercially until June 20, 2006, in DVD by Warner Bros. Records. The documentary was originally called The Re-Invented Process in reference to the world tour it documents and the Steven Klein collaboration and exhibition titled X-STaTIC Pro=CeSS. It starts with imagery from the exhibition and Madonna auditioning dancers for the tour, continues with Madonna and her entourage travelling through different cities and performing, the singer's introspection on her life, her marriage, her religion and her children, and ends with Madonna's visit to Israel in the midst of protests.The documentary developed from Madonna's need to show her artistic side on the tour and her devotion towards the Jewish mysticism Kabbalah. Unlike her 1990 documentary Truth or Dare, which had an air of Hollywood glamour and its spoils, with I'm Going to Tell You a Secret Madonna wanted to signal from its beginning that it was about spirituality and her own maturity. Like Truth or Dare, the performance scenes were shot in color, while the rest of the documentary was in black-and-white. Besides Madonna, her dancers and her tour entourage, Åkerlund also shot her family, her working process and her day-to-day life. Other locations and persons included Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie's local pub in Mayfair, London, as well as appearances from filmmaker Michael Moore, her father and stepmother.Before releasing the documentary, Madonna invited a select group of friends and co-workers to watch a rough three-hour cut of the film at a local theater in Notting Hill, and had to prune the film when feedback was negative regarding excessive details about Kabbalah. For the promotion and premiere of the film, Madonna appeared at Q&A sessions with the press and also gave a speech to film students at New York's Hunter College. Critical response to the documentary was mixed, with one group of reviewers complimenting the live performances from the tour and the scenes involving her children and family, while others criticized the self-indulgent nature of the documentary and the preaching nature of Madonna's commentary in the film. I'm Going to Tell You a Secret was released in a two-disc format, a CD with 14 songs from the show and a DVD with the documentary film. The release received a positive response from critics but was a moderate success commercially.".