Country-music icon Slim Dusty takes centre stage alongside Joy McKean, his wife and lifelong artistic collaborator, in Kriv Stenders’ affectionate documentary portrayal of the couple and their work. Packed with songs and archival material, the film is a timely reminder of the place the pair’s oeuvre holds in Australian culture – though its reverent approach and lack of tension may ultimately limit the documentary’s appeal beyond the artists’ existing admirers, as
Barnaby Smith discusses.
Within the first few minutes of Kriv Stenders’ Slim & I (2020), the Australian singer/songwriter Missy Higgins recalls the first time she was exposed to the music of Slim Dusty, which she describes as ‘the most Australian sound I’d ever heard’. Anyone with even a passing awareness of the country singer she’s referring to will surely…
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