{"id":18538,"date":"2021-03-30T12:28:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T01:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=189648"},"modified":"2021-03-30T17:22:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T17:22:52","slug":"tina-turner-documentary-tina","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/tina-turner-documentary-tina\/","title":{"rendered":"Tina Turner’s Life Wasn’t All Glamour, But She Inspired A Generation Of Strong Women"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tina Turner performs on stage at Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 4th November 1990. (Photo by Rob Verhorst\/Redferns)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a newly-released documentary,\u00a0TINA,\u00a0<\/em>the legendary artist Tina Turner<\/a> has revealed shocking revelations on her life and her rise to fame over six decades. First aired on HBO on March 27, the 81 year-old hopes the film is the closing chapter on her life as she retires.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think my farewell started already in 2009 when I retired from performing,\u201d Turner told news.com.au<\/a><\/em> before the doc’s release. \u201cThe documentary gives me a chance to complete the telling of my story \u2013 it\u2019s out there now for everyone to see and I hope it answers all the questions. But my fans and I will always have a special relationship that lives on in the music and memories. The feelings we share aren\u2019t going away.”<\/p>\n

Turner retired from performing in 2009, 10 years after her last studio album. It is already known that the singer suffered a stroke in 2013 and had to learn to walk again. She was diagnosed with intestinal cancer in 2016 before undergoing a kidney transplant in 2017. But what we learn further is her abusive relationship with former husband, Ike Turner.<\/p>\n

She alleges he beat her for 16 years and on one occasion, recalls receiving third-degree burns after Ike threw boiling hot coffee on her in front of her son. She attempted suicide before a show to try to escape the man. He died of cocaine toxicity in 2007. She was forced to take her name only and make a living on her own.<\/p>\n

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Tina Turner and Ike Turner, portrait, London, October 1975. (Photo by Michael Putland\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cFor a long time I did hate Ike,\u201d Turner says in Tina. \u201cAfter he died I realized he was a sick person, an ill person at the soul. He did get me started, he was good to me in the beginning, so I do have some good thoughts .\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt hurts to have to remember those times,\u201d Turner continues. \u201cBut at a certain stage forgiveness takes over, forgiving means not to hold on, you let it go, because it only hurts you. I had an abusive life, there\u2019s no other way to tell the story, it\u2019s a reality, it\u2019s the truth, you have to accept it.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 1981, Turner famously opened up to People<\/em><\/a> about the trauma she endured which prompted her to leave – at the time it was considered bold and revolutionary to leave your husband without any support.<\/p>\n

“The article would be the first of many profiles that would cement Tina’s image as a survivor, helping to fuel the story of her extraordinary yet improbable career comeback,” reads a statement from HBO on the project.<\/p>\n

The documentary follows similar productions from the likes of Audrey Hepburn<\/a> and a more recent star, Demi Lovato<\/a>.\u00a0TINA\u00a0<\/em>is available to stream on HBO Max.
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Watch the trailer below.<\/p>\n