I can't really think of a reason that this documentary exists. The song We Are the World was a relatively big thing in the 1980's, but the song wasn't as huge as this doc claims, and honestly, the song is just OK. The whole thing was just another bunch of celebrities (granted, many of them were really talented musicians) getting together for a cause about hunger in Africa. Today, this whole thing would be called "virtue signaling", a phrase used in 2024 to describe narcissistic celebrities jumping on a bandwagon (or a fashionable cause) to make themselves feel important. This was pretty much the same thing, and the song (which is only a few minutes) isn't as awesome as this doc says it is. Even back in the day, many people mocked its cheesiness and it was pretty much forgotten about a year later. SNL and In Living Color (an 80's sketch show) did parodies of it. The fact that this doc is 96 minutes is ridiculous. This could have been easily cut down to a 30 minute documentary. My guess is that there was already a short doc on this song on MTV or VH1 back in the day. So, if you're into 80's nostalgia, go for it. Otherwise, avoid. A very self important, way too long documentary.
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