Home Again

The new concert documentary features exclusive interviews and never before seen performance footage from King's landmark May 26, 1973 concert on Central Park's ...

I knew how to deliver, and that’s what I sat down to do.” “Tapestry had become such a huge hit, and I really wanted to give something back to the people,” remembers King. I had no idea what I was going to do with the film at that time, but I felt that something this important should be documented.” “Recently, John McDermott came to me and said, ‘This should be a film. “When I first walked on stage, in Central Park, in front of the Great Lawn, and it’s full of people…it was kind of terrifying for a minute. King presented her performance on the lawn in two parts—first alone, on piano, and then fronting a powerhouse 11-piece band. It was too much to take in, but I realized all I had to do was sit down and start playing. Then I had the notion, having done the film Monterey Pop [Adler had produced the groundbreaking 1967 music festival together with John Phillips] I felt that something this big should be filmed. “We wanted to do something special with Carole in New York,” remembers Adler. The showing will be followed by a wider release on February 9 via “I got in touch with Ron Delsener and told him that Carole was coming home to New York. This was where her upbringing took place and where she got her start in music.