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Prince: A Purple Reign (2011)

ALL 11/25/2011 (en) Documentary, Music 59 Min
  • Release
    11/25/2011
  • Production
    BBC
  • Rotten tomato
    80%
  • Original title
    Prince: A Purple Reign
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Part of BBC Four's Black Music Legends of the 1980s, this documentary explores how Prince - showman, artist, enigma - revolutionized the perception of black music in the 1980s with worldwide hits such as "1999," "Kiss," "Raspberry Beret" and "Alphabet Street." He became a global sensation with the release of the Oscar-winning, semi-autobiographical movie "Purple Rain" in 1984, embarking on an incredible journey of musical self-discovery that continues to this day.

  1. Rhodri Huw

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor



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  1. Trevor Nelson

    Narrator

  2. Prince

    Himself (archive footage)

  3. Dez Dickerson

    Himself

  4. Alan Leeds

    Himself

  5. Chuck D

    Himself

  6. Beverley Knight

    Herself

  7. Mica Paris

    Herself

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 7 , Crews : 4

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Prince: A Purple Reign (2011) 59 Min

ALL 11/25/2011 (en)
Documentary, Music
  • Release 11/25/2011
  • Production
    BBC
  • Original title Prince: A Purple Reign
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Part of BBC Four's Black Music Legends of the 1980s, this documentary explores how Prince - showman, artist, enigma - revolutionized the perception of black music in the 1980s with worldwide hits such as "1999," "Kiss," "Raspberry Beret" and "Alphabet Street." He became a global sensation with the release of the Oscar-winning, semi-autobiographical movie "Purple Rain" in 1984, embarking on an incredible journey of musical self-discovery that continues to this day.

  1. Rhodri Huw

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Gethin Scourfield, Rhodri Huw, Paul Bullock

    Producer



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