Campbell’s doco warm, uplifting
Tuesday, 8.30pm Prime The fourth and current wife of Glen Campbell hopes a documentary about the country music star’s struggle with Alzheimer’s will raise the profile of a disease that is the leading cause of dementia.
The 2014 film Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me documents the 10-time Grammy winner’s final tour, which started in 2011 shortly after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
Campbell went public with his diagnosis and announced plans for the tour. Originally planned for five weeks, it lasted 18 months and included 151 shows.
Kim Campbell says people think it’s going to be a sad, depressing film.
‘‘It’s uplifting, it’s encouraging, it’s warm, it’s funny,’’ she says. ‘‘We hope it helps get rid of the stigma of this diagnosis and that it helps families that are dealing with it.’’
The film documents her husband performing, but she says it also captures his personality and educates viewers about Alzheimer’s while still being entertaining. ‘‘His sense of humour and his positive outlook is just so exemplary,’’ she says.
The tour was a family affair. ‘‘I was on tour with him,’’ Kim Campbell says.
‘‘We have three children together, and they’re all incredible musicians. We all went along to back him up.’’
– TNS