Showbiz Documentary ‘Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net’ Official Trailer
by Alex Billington
July 25, 2024
Source: YouTube
“You’re a part of this world until that curtain closes.” Prime Video debuts this documentary film streaming on their service starting today – July 25th – if anyone wants to watch. Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net is a doc feature that follows the resurgence of Cirque du Soleil after the most difficult period in its history – shutting down during the pandemic in 2020 & 2021. This film originally premiered in late 2022 at the DOC NYC Film Festival, waiting for a final full release this year. When CdS attempts to fully reboot its flagship production, “O”, more than a year after an abrupt global shutdown, both performers & crew members face uncertainty as they work to return to their world-class standards in time for the (re)opening night curtain in Las Vegas. Some may also remember there was a special 3D movie called Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away, produced by none other than James Cameron, which originally opened in 2012 – so this isn’t even the first Cirque du Soleil movie either. But it is a compelling inside look at the lives of the performers and their work putting together this show, also acting as marketing for all their shows which are still running in Las Vegas.
Official trailer (+ poster) for Dawn Porter’s doc Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net, direct from YouTube:
When Cirque du Soleil moves to reboot its flagship production, O, more than a year after an abrupt global shutdown during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, both performers and crew members face uncertainty as they work to return to their world-class standards in time for the (re)opening night curtain in Las Vegas. With unprecedented access, filmmaker Dawn Porter (John Lewis: Good Trouble, Trapped) captures the dramatic personal highs and lows of the world’s most famous circus act on its journey back from the existential brink. Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net is directed by acclaimed American doc producer / filmmaker Dawn Porter, director of the doc films Gideon’s Army, Spies of Mississippi, Trapped, John Lewis: Good Trouble, The Way I See It, Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain, The Lady Bird Diaries, Power of the Dream, and Luther: Never Too Much, as well as the “37 Words” and “Deadlocked” doc series. Produced by Mark Burnett, Barry Poznick, Dawn Porter, Summer Damon. This film originally premiered at the 2022 DOC NYC Film Festival a few years ago. Amazon will release Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net streaming on Prime Video starting July 25th, 2024 this summer – it’s available to watch online now. Anyone interested?
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