Bell's documentary about the life and legacy of the iconic American musician is closing this year's Raindance Film Festival
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Courtesy of Fremantle When pioneering producer and filmmaker Kirsty Bell set out to make a film about legendary American musician Eddie Cochran, she didn’t want to merely chronicle his brief career. Looking back at the musician’s work, who died while touring the U.K. in 1960, aged just 21, Bell felt she needed to “bring him back to life.” The result of that mission is “Eddie Cochran: Don’t Forget Me,” closing this year’s Raindance Film Festival.
Speaking with Variety ahead of the film’s U.K. premiere, Bell says it was her producer, Ben Charles Edwards, who first brought up Cochran’s name as a possible subject for her next film. At the time, seasoned producer Bell had just taken a major step in her career by directing her feature debut, 2021’s “A Bird Flew In.” “That film came from my brain and my heart, and I knew I wanted to link these two things again,” she says. “I wanted to go on an emotional journey, because that’s how I get my best stuff.”
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