The Return of Tanya Tucker featuring Brandi Carlile / FIlm School Radio interview with Director Kathlyn Horan

THE RETURN OF TANYA TUCKER follows Brandie Carlile and trailblazing, hell-raising country music legend Tanya Tucker, a woman who defied the standards of how a woman in country music was supposed to behave. Decades after Tanya slipped from the spotlight, rising Americana music star Brandi Carlile takes it upon herself to write an entire album for her hero based on Tanya’s extraordinary life, spurring the greatest comeback in country music history. THE RETURN OF TANYA TUCKER follows Tanya’s richly creative, utterly captivating, bumpy ride back to the top as Brandi encourages her to push past her fears to create a new sound and reach a new audience. The writing, the experimenting, and refining of this new music mixes with all that came before – using rare archival footage and photographs to delve into Tanya’s history, beginning in a single wide trailer in Seminole, Texas. Taking stock of the past while remaining vitally alive in the present and keeping an eye on the future, THE RETURN OF TANYA TUCKER is a rousing exploration of an unexpected friendship built on the joy of a perfectly timed creative collaboration. Director Kathlyn Horan (Breaking 2, Past Due, Religion of Sports) joins us for a conversation on the pure joy and anxiety that were intertwined throughout the remarkable journey to document the return of Americana / Country Western legend Tanya Tucker to a Brandi Carlile produced recording project and eventually a concert tour, as well as the friendship that develops between the two women and the importance of Day One in the trajectory of this magical film. For more go to: sonyclassics.com/thereturnoftanyatucker