SaraBareilles: Good Grief
2026 • 1h 31m • Documentary
Availability
Available Worldwide
Language
English
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About the film
For the first time in seven years, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles returns to the studio with close friends to begin recording her most intimate album yet, born of profound personal loss and grief. Internationally known for pop anthems like “Love Song” and “Brave,” this cinematic portrait observes the most private corners of Sara’s creative process, as well as her personal life. What unfolds in front of the camera is the incredibly raw experience of mining one’s own pain to create art—and the hope that carries an artist forward: that sharing what is broken in oneself might ultimately bring us closer to healing and repair.
Director
Josh Alexander
Writer
Josh Alexander
Producer
Daniel J. Chalfen, Josh Alexander
Executive Producer
Alecia Moore AKA P!NK, Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, +10 more
Crew
Jenna Rosher, Nikola Chapelle, Armando Croda, +12 more
Awards & recognition
Tribeca Festival
Gala Screening
DC/DOX
Centerpiece Screening
What people are saying
“This powerful and absorbing film is on the one hand as good a fly-on-the-wall rendering of what it’s like to be in a recording studio as you can get in a documentary, and on another hand, an unflinching look at different forms of grief and how anguish can be transmuted into art.”
Chris Willman
“Good Grief is a testament to the process of grief, how a joy you never thought possible could spring from the deepest sadness. It is an emotional roller-coaster, and we should be glad for every beat. Be prepared to feel it all.”
Liz Whittemore
“One of the best portraits I’ve seen of the delicate alchemy of making music.”
Jason Bailey
“Sara Bareilles: Good Grief has so much music, heart, creativity, and love that viewers will feel privileged Bareilles has opened her soul to us.”
Valerie Kalfrin
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