About No Tears in Hell
⭐ 7.4/10 | 🕒 105 min | 📅 2025 | 🏷️ Horror, Crime
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What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears? is a 2023 documentary film about the American band Blood, Sweat & Tears in peak form, touring in mid-1970 through several Eastern Bloc countries during the Cold War, and how the band's reputation suffered after the trip. Directed by John Scheinfeld, the film uses archival footage, reenactments and modern interviews to tell the story of how a three-week goodwill tour sponsored by the US State Department turned sour with American fans who had been in agreement with the band's anti–Vietnam war stance but who now felt betrayed. Inflamed by a widely reported protest by left-wing activist Abbie Hoffman, a number of BS&T fans assumed that the band had become shills for President Richard Nixon's warmongering government. In the film, band members reveal the secret story of how they were blackmailed by the State Department into making the trip in order for their Canadian lead singer David Clayton-Thomas to be issued a permanent resident visa—a green card which was necessary for him to continue working with the band.
Top Cast: Luke Baines, Gwen Van Dam, Tatjana Marjanovic, Audrey Neal, Gabriella Westwood, Erik Fellows
