The film is by turns effervescent and sombre, skillfully moving between the two.

Even if you don't know the backstory, it is all astonishing to watch. If you have ever seen Turner, you will know -- and if you haven't, I cannot capture her talent and charisma with only the paltry resource of the written word at my disposal.

From electrifying concert performances to intimate footage with her family, a composite of the real Tina Turner starts to form.

Tina enables Tina Turner to take control of her own story one more time, with an intimate documentary of a life marked by trauma and abuse.