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To: steve harris who wrote (312698)	12/1/2006 2:35:12 AM
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Shut Up & Sing": Indivisible strength in music, friendship By Moira Macdonald Seattle Times movie critic The Dixie Chicks: Emily Robison, left, Natalie Maines and Martie Maguire. "It is part of who we are as a band now," says Natalie Maines, lead singer of the Dixie Chicks. "It," of course, is a day in early 2003 when Maines, during a London concert, spoke out against the Iraq war and against the president. Since then, the Chicks have been banned from numerous radio stations, been picketed at concerts, received death threats and this year issued a defiant comeback album, which features a song called "I'm Not Ready to Make Nice." "Shut Up & Sing," a thoughtful and enjoyable documentary from Barbara Kopple (a two-time Academy Award winner for "American Dream" and "Harlan County U.S.A.") and Cecilia Peck, follows the trio through those difficult years. Their cameras watch the Chicks — Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Robison — in dressing rooms and recording studios, maternity wards and comfortably cluttered homes. What emerges are three women whose bond is unbreakable, and for whom music is a balm that carries them through hard times. Watch Maguire and Robison harmonizing during a recording stint: As their voices weave together like a pretty tapestry, they smile broadly, finding joy in the moment. "Shut Up & Sing," a documentary by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck. 93 minutes. Rated R for language. Meridian. Maines, the most outspoken of the three, at first seems astonished by the controversy. "I could not believe that people cared what I said," she says in retrospect. (One wonders if the comment made today, as public faith in the war and the president has plummeted from 2003's sky-high levels of approval, would raise much of a fuss.) But she didn't back down, and her bandmates stuck with her; their no-matter-what sisterhood seems remarkably strong. "I'd give up my career for [Natalie] to be happy and be at peace," says Maguire tearfully, worrying about the pressure on her bandmate and friend. During recording sessions for the new album, the Chicks softly warble a love song with a lyric about "the peaceful quiet you create for me." During the noise of the protests and controversy, you get the sense that these women create that kind of peace for each other. seattletimes.nwsource.com