Celine Dion's new documentary focuses on raising awareness, helping people battling stiff person syndrome
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Celine Dion is a fighter and while she relentlessly works to make a return, the multiple-Grammy winner is also raising awareness over a rare disease - ‘stiff person syndrome.’
She went public with her diagnosis in December 2022 for the first time and has since kept a private lifestyle. But now, the star is releasing a new documentary on her whole experience of going through the day-to-day challenges.
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Celine Dion is determined to return to the stage one day
Dion issued a statement saying, “This last couple of years has been such a challenge for me, the journey from discovering my condition to learning how to live with and manage it, but not to let it define me.”
The 55-year-old added, “As the road to resuming my performing career continues, I have realized how much I have missed it, being able to see my fans.”
“During this absence, I decided I wanted to document this part of my life, to try to raise awareness of this little-known condition, to help others who share this diagnosis,” she continued.
One source claimed, “Celine has been taking time to focus on her health but plans to take the stage again once she is given the go-ahead by her medical team,” as per Daily Mail.
What to expect from Celine Dion's new documentary?
The synopsis of the new documentary, whose rights were bought by Amazon MGM, read, “From visiting her couture touring wardrobe and personal effects to spending time in the recording studio, the documentary captures a global megastar’s never-before-seen private life.”
“An emotional, energetic, and poetic love letter to music, I Am: Celine Dion captures more than a year of filming as the legendary singer navigates her journey toward living an open and authentic life amidst illness,” it added.
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Irene Taylor, the director of the documentary, said, “I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time and it’s been really difficult for me to face these challenges and to talk about everything that I’ve been going through,' she said in an emotional video first announcing her condition.”
‘I Am: Celine Dion’ is made by Sony Music Vision, Sony Music Entertainment Canada, and Vermilion Films.
