Barbra Streisand approves multi-part documentary that will draw upon her archives

FILE - Barbra Streisand presents the award for best musical at the Tony Awards in New York on June 12, 2016. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) (Evan Agostini)

NEW YORK ā€“ A year after telling her story in a 1,000-page memoir, Barbra Streisand has approved a multi-part documentary about her life ā€” to be directed by fellow Oscar winner Frank Marshall.

The documentary, announced Thursday by Sony Music Vision, is currently untitled and does not have a release date. It will feature rarely seen video, photographs and audio recordings from Streisand's personal archives. Oscar-winning documentary maker Alex Gibney, whose many credits include films about Paul Simon and Steve Jobs, will serve as producer.

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ā€œFor years Iā€™ve been thinking about the best way to share the vast amount of content Iā€™ve been safely storing in my vault,ā€ the 82-year-old Streisand said in a statement. ā€œThese films, photos and music masters ā€” many never seen or heard by the public ā€” hold some of my most cherished memories. Iā€™m so pleased that producer Alex Gibney and director Frank Marshall have agreed to take this journey with me.ā€

Marshall, who has directed documentaries about the Beach Boys and the Bee Gees and produced such classics as ā€œRaiders of the Lost Arkā€ and ā€œThe Sixth Sense,ā€ said in a statement that the Streisand movie would "illustrate why she has become an enduring icon to a global audience of all generations.ā€

Sony Music Vision is presenting and distributing the project in partnership with her longtime record label, Columbia Records.


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