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Big Mama Thornton: I Can’t Be Anyone But Me (2025)
Directed by Robert Clem
Music, Documentary · 1h 28m
Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2024, Alabama-born Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton defied the gender norms of her time to become one of the greatest blues singers of her generation. Known for her powerful voice and uncompromising style, she rose to fame with the original recording of “Hound Dog” and later wrote “Ball & Chain,” a song that gained iconic status through Janis Joplin’s rendition.
Cast
Charlie Musselwhite
Mike Stoller
Crew
- Director
- Robert Clem
- Producer
- Robert Clem
Details
- Release date
- 2025-10-24
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Music, Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- One State Films