
Yet it did mark a turning point for her professionally, as she teamed up with manager Roger Davies and embarked on a path that saw her filling arenas and stadiums, going from Vegas cabaret act to international rock star. The film devotes roughly the first hour to that part of her story, which included the domineering Ike coming up with her stage name – born Anna Mae Bullock – without her permission.Īt the time, as third-party voices note, such frank discussion of domestic abuse was unusual, and Turner’s efforts to put her marital split behind her by speaking out – and later writing a book – didn’t really work. The documentary opens with Turner’s 1981 People magazine interview, in which she opened up about the abuse she received from her husband and musical partner, Ike Turner, before leaving him five years earlier. Weaving in a new interview with the (at the time) 81-year-old icon, the footage then and now underlines the impression of Turner as a force of nature, rocking and rolling with and without Ike. “Tina” is that rare documentary that leaves you craving an encore, as if two hours weren’t quite enough to do Tina Turner’s life and career justice.

In 2021, HBO released a documentary titled "Tina" that shed new light on the iconic Tina Turner.īelow is an excerpt from the CNN review of the documentary: The sweet medicine offered here will facilitate your healing, growth, and expansion as we work toward our. This is your hive, your soul family, and in this community, we all come together, giving and receiving energies that hold our community together. Those who walk a Life Path with Number 1 have an inner zeal that pushes them to constantly climb towards goals others think unreachable. Life Path number 1 represents The Leader. Tina Turner performing in the 1970s, as shown in the HBO documentary 'Tina' Rhonda Graam/HBO Sage Goddess Crystal Masters is an exclusive group created for members of Crystal Masters. Their lucky numbers are 1, 9, and lucky colors are red, blue, purple. And Tina Turner is a gift that that will always be 'simply the best.' Angels, sing thee to thy rest…Queen," she concluded.

So on today, while we mourn the loss of this iconic voice and presence, she gave us more than we could have ever asked. "I am humbled to have helped show her to the world. Instead, you reached deep into your soul, found your inner Tina, and showed her to the world.' I shall hold these words close to my heart for the rest of my days. Her final words to me - for me - were 'You never mimicked me. "Tina Turner showed others who lived in fear what a beautiful future filled with love, compassion, and freedom should look like.

“How do we say farewell to a woman who owned her pain and trauma and used it as a means to help change the world? Through her courage in telling her story, her commitment to stay the course in her life, no matter the sacrifice, and her determination to carve out a space in rock and roll for herself and for others who look like her," Bassett wrote.
