Presenting Princess Shaw

Presenting Princess Shaw (2015)

Not Rated 27 May 2016 • Documentary, Music • 1h 23m
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In every corner of the world, at any given moment, random people post personal video clips online. They are their virtual messages in a bottle, tossed into the boundless sea that is the Internet. Most of these posts flounder in a sad limbo of indifference and anonymity-unless your YouTube handle happens to be Princess Shaw. Samantha Montgomery, 38, lives alone in one of New Orleans' toughest neighborhoods. By day she works as a caregiver for the elderly; at night she transforms into Princess Shaw, belting out soulful originals at sparsely attended open mic nights and posting homemade a cappella clips on YouTube, usually reaching just a handful of viewers. One of her followers happens to be Kutiman, a.k.a. Ophir Kutiel, an Israeli musician living on a kibbutz outside Tel Aviv, who mashes up YouTube videos from all over the world to create new musical pieces. Princess Shaw has no idea that he has found hers. A rousing documentary crowd-pleaser about a star-crossed singer-songwriter and her crafty secret admirer, Thru You Princess examines loneliness, anonymity and connectivity in the Internet age, where showbiz dreams remain but a mouse-click away for even the most hardscrabble striver.

Ido Haar
Director
Ido Haar
Writer
Tiffany Crawford, Kutiman, Samantha Montgomery
Starring

Language: Hebrew, English
Awards: 6 wins & 7 nominations
Country: Israel
Metacritic Score: 77
DVD Release Date:
Box Office Total: $60,197

6.8

IMDb (603 votes)
91%
Rotten Tomatoes
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