Sky today announced that the SHOWTIME® and IFTA winning documentary, ‘Nothing Compares’ will broadcast exclusively on Sky Documentaries & NOW from 29 July. The critically acclaimed documentary film charts Sinéad O’Connor’s phenomenal rise to worldwide fame and how her iconoclastic personality resulted in her exile from the pop mainstream.Directed by Belfast-born filmmaker Kathryn Ferguson, the archive-led documentary takes viewers back to Sinead’s prophetic words and deeds from 1987-1993. It reflects on the legacy of a fearless artist through a contemporary feminist lens and features era-defining music videos and concert performances, previously unseen footage, and a present-day interview with Sinead. The docu-film is a tapestry of Sinead’s impact on the world around her and ties together intimate first-hand interviews and insights from contemporary artists, musicians and social commentators who introduce broader themes of Irish history, politics, and global activism, all the while reflecting on Sinead’s artistry and far-reaching, global impact.
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00:00 Ladies and gentlemen, Sinead O'Connor.
00:03 CHEERING
00:27 It was such a shock for me to become a pop star. It's not what I wanted.
00:30 I just wanted to scream.
00:32 Everybody in music has a story in terms of what they went through.
00:38 Every person's duty to themselves is to act on their feelings
00:42 and to say when they think something is wrong.
00:45 And take the consequences.
00:47 I imagined that.
00:49 The level when Nothing Compares to You became a hit was extraordinary.
00:54 SCREAMING
00:57 The song went number one everywhere in the world.
01:02 SCREAMING
01:06 I had come across an article about families
01:12 who had been trying to lodge complaints against the church
01:16 for sexual abuse and were being silenced.
01:19 I had booked her on Saturday night.
01:23 Basically everything I had been raised to believe was a lie.
01:26 She blows the candle out, she goes off stage.
01:30 I had gone into the dressing room after her and I said,
01:33 "You know, I can't get you out of this."
01:36 And she said, "You know what? I don't want you to."
01:39 I acted at the time in the way that I felt would be most true to myself.
01:43 I wasn't thinking to myself, "I must be strong."
01:49 I didn't know I was strong.
01:52 An artist's job is sometimes to create
01:55 the difficult conversations that need to be had.
01:57 That's what art is for.
01:59 My name is Sinead O'Connor. I am a woman.
02:04 I have something to offer.
02:07 They tried to bury me.
02:11 They didn't realise I was a seed.
02:18 I don't mind being blind.
02:23 (whooshing)
02:25 [BLANK_AUDIO]