Back in May, we caught up with Linda Perry during a particularly busy moment in the songwriter and producer’s career: 4 Non Blondes were hitting the studio for the first time in three decades, she was releasing a solo album for the first time in over 25 years, and filmmaker Don Hardy had been collecting footage of these milestones in Perry’s life for a documentary project which, like the solo LP, would be titled Let It Die Here. Both the album and the film would focus on the artist’s complex relationship with her mother as Perry took care of her in her final days.
“The documentary—as harsh and emotional and raw and fucking embarrassing as it is—really showed me a lot about who I am and how much unneeded suffering I put myself through,” Perry told us earlier this year. “I am so fucking hard on myself. And it’s all a pattern of where I came from and what was given to me. It’s like we’re given things by our family, but when your parents open up a toolbox and it’s filled with junk, and you’re supposed to build a house out of it, there’s gonna be flaws.”
“Linda didn’t let me make a film about her legend—she let me make a film about her truth,” director Hardy shared in a press statement. “What you see is someone at a profound crossroads, questioning everything while creating fearlessly. That tension between vulnerability and power is what makes Linda who she is, and it’s what makes this story so urgent to tell.”
After debuting at Tribeca and making a brief theatrical run, the film will finally hit streaming on Friday. Check out the trailer below, and expect to find it on Hulu beginning September 18. You can also revisit our conversation with Perry about the film and much more here.
