I must have seen a trailer for this documentary film at the cinema, there were clips and pictures that were familiar when I looked it up, I was most interested in the person focused on anyway. Basically, it follows the life and career of singer, songwriter, and actress Tina Turner, widely referred to as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll". It only goes a little into her childhood, she was born Anna Mae Bullock in Brownsville, Tennessee in poverty, picking cotton with her family, and she gained her love of music and singing in the church choir at Nutbush's Spring Hill Baptist Church. It focuses much more on her adulthood, meeting Ike Turner performing with his band the Kings of Rhythm at the Manhattan Club in East St. Louis. Ike asked her to sing and was impressed with her vocal ability, and became a featured vocalist with his band, eventually becoming a star of the show. Tina's name, which was trademarked, was inspired by Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, and her stage persona was inspired by Nyoka the Jungle Girl. Ike & Tina Turner became successful, with the help of Phil Spector, and "River Deep - Mountain High" became a huge hit, and Tina married Ike in 1962. Obviously, Tina suffered 16 years of mental, physical, and sexual abuse by Ike, who was heavily addicted to cocaine, but felt loyal to him from a business point of view. She also turned to the Buddhist-Baptist religion to help her cope with what she went through, and was able occasionally to fight back, but continued to suffer. Finally, in 1978, Tina escaped from Ike, filing for divorce, with Ike retaining all the rights, royalties, and several possessions, she only requested that would keep her stage name. Over the net few years, Tina made numerous television appearances to establish herself as a solo artist, and eventually revealing the pain and suffering she experienced in her relationship with Ike in a magazine. Tina finally achieved her career resurgence in the early 1980s, with her albums achieving record sales, with hit songs including "What's Love Got to Do with It" (previously recorded by Bucks Fizz) and "Private Dancer", and winning many accolades, including Grammys. Tina also went on to become an actress, appearing in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, and the story of her life with Ike becoming a movie, What's Love Got to Do with It, starring Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne. It ends with Tina Turner content with her retirement, aged 81, and a live performance from a few years ago of probably her greatest and most recognisable hit, "The Best". With contributions from Angela Bassett, Oprah Winfrey, Kurt Loder, and many others in the music industry, and family and friends. This story is told with great use of archive footage and pictures, it is fascinating to find out things you may not now about her, before and after her time with Ike, and her achievements in middle age and further, and obviously the songs included are great listening, it is a terrific and interesting documentary. Very good!