A trailer has been released for the forthcoming Sinead O’Connor documentary ‘Nothing Compares’.
The Showtime film chronicles the singer-songwriter’s rise to fame in the early 1990s off the back of her Prince-penned hit Nothing Compares 2 U.
Speaking about the release, the narrator says: “The level when Nothing Compares 2 U became a hit was extraordinary […] The song went number one everywhere in the world.”
The clip also touches on the star’s appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live’, during which she tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II in protest of child abuse within the Catholic church.
“I had come across an article about families who had been trying to lodge complaints against the church for sexual abuse and were being silenced,” she explains.
“An artist’s job is sometimes to create difficult conversations that need to be had.”
‘Nothing Compares’ is directed by Kathryn Ferguson and includes a new interview with Sinead herself.
According to a synopsis, the project “examines how she used her voice at the height of her stardom, before her iconoclastic personality led to her exile from the pop mainstream.”
“Focusing on O’Connor’s prophetic words and deeds from 1987 to 1993, the film presents an authoritative, richly cinematic portrait of this fearless artist through a contemporary feminist lens,” it adds.
‘Nothing Compares’ debuts in cinemas on October 7.
