Kate Bush: The Sound Witch

Sep 13, 2019

0h 53m

★ 7.7

Overview

She became famous at a very young age and gradually slipped away, cultivating her legend and her mystery. Kate Bush, pioneering artist, is at the heart of a captivating documentary broadcast on Arte.

Genres

Documentary

Music

TV Movie

Production Companies

Quark Productions

ARTE

Kate Bush: The Sound Witch Trailers

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Cast

Self (archive footage)

Kate Bush

Self

David Gilmour

Self (archive footage)

Peter Gabriel

Self

Youth

Self

Samantha Wareing

Self

Brian Bath

Self

Graeme Thomson

Self

Pat Martin

Self

Andrew Powell

Self

Stewart Avon-Arnold

Self

Michael Stewart

Self

Gered Mankowitz

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