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Release Date: 2009   Duration: 77 min

Cast: Jim James, Bill Withers

Categories: Movies, Music, Biography, Rockumentary, Documentary

"A revealing portrait of Bill Withers, telling his story from being a child raised by his grandmother in Slab Fork, West Virginia, up to the celebrations surrounding his 70th birthday. After 17-year-old Shaun Smith sang 'Aint No Sunshine' on an episode of Britain's Got Talent earlier this year, the song went back into the UK Top 40. It's a song that has been covered by many artists, as...  MORE

"A revealing portrait of Bill Withers, telling his story from being a child raised by his grandmother in Slab Fork, West Virginia, up to the celebrations surrounding his 70th birthday. After 17-year-old Shaun Smith sang 'Aint No Sunshine' on an episode of Britain's Got Talent earlier this year, the song went back into the UK Top 40. It's a song that has been covered by many artists, as diverse as Michael Jackson and Van Morrison, and there have been numerous country and reggae takes on it, yet it says something about the enduring appeal of the original, written and performed by Bill Withers and first released in 1971, that it was this definitive version that charted. 'Aint No Sunshine' was the kick-start to a career that would see Withers produce a string of hits, such as 'Lean On Me' and 'Just the Two of Us', that are justly revered as pop classics, and he toured and appeared on TV frequently throughout the 1970s. Yet he was in his 30s by the time fame found him, and he never appeared that comfortable with it. By 1985, he had turned his back on a music business that had left him jaded, to find life as a husband and father more fulfilling. Filmmakers Damani Baker and Alex Vlack spent years trying to gain access to a reclusive, yet profound and articulate man whose songs have become staples of popular culture. Their persistence has paid off; Still Bill is a revealing portrait of Withers, telling his story from being a child raised by his grandmother in Slab Fork, West Virginia, up to the celebrations surrounding his 70th birthday, which show him reconnecting with his legacy, music and the creative process." Quoting Michael Hayden LESS