Nominated for a Critics Choice Documentary Awards for Best Music Documentary
In 2023 Mary McCartney directed her first feature film If These Walls Could Sing and is now actively in development on future projects. If These Walls Could Sing sees Abbey Road Studios open up its doors for the first time, as Mary guides audiences through her home away from home a personal film of memory and discovery, weaving together archival imagery and recordings into an intimate and emotional history of the most famous studio in the world. Exclusive interviews guide us through nine decades to tell the stories of some of the studio’s most iconic recordings and the people who made them. From classical to pop, film scores to hip-hop, this film explores the breadth, diversity and ingenuity of Abbey Road Studios. Intimate interviews with leading artists, producers and composers paired with vivid archive footage and session tapes give exclusive access to these famously private studios. Interviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Elton John, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, John Williams, Celeste and Kate Bush, among others demonstrate how artists found their feet, their musical language, in Abbey Road Studios.
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NEW YORK PREMIERE
Wednesday 7th December 2022
If These Walls Could Sing NYC Premier
Metrograph, New York
LONDON PREMIERE
Monday 5th December 2022
If These Walls Could Sing Premier
Abbey Road Studios, London
TELLURIDE PREMIERE
Saturday 2nd September 2022
If These Walls Could Sing Festival Showing
Telluride Film festival, Colorado