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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Hollie Richardson, Katie Rosseinsky, Hannah Verdier, Ellen E Jones and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: a fantastic film about Sinead O’Connor takes on fresh poignancy

Sinead O’Connor.
Sinead O’Connor. Photograph: Andrew Catlin/Courtesy of SHOWTIME

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Scheduled before the death of Sinead O’Connor earlier this week, the Irish singer and activist speaks in a new interview for this fascinating documentary, which recalls the five years from 1987 that saw her find worldwide fame. “The reason I got into music was [as a form of] therapy, which is why it was such a shock for me to become a pop star. It’s not what I wanted. I just wanted to scream,” she says at one point – just one example of how her words might now take on an even more poignant meaning. Hollie Richardson

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