WISH ME AWAY

Chely Wright is a beautiful, talented, award winning country music singer (“Shut Up and Drive”, “Single White Female”) who seems to have it all but feels like she is living a lie.  After years of denial, she decides to finally do what no one else has done: become the first major country music singer to come out of the closet as gay.  Filmed over the course of three years with extraordinary access, this penetrating documentary looks at an artist about to make a life changing announcement. 

Director: Beverly Kopf, Bobbie Birleffi

Documentary - 2011 - US - English - 93 minutes

Festivals & Awards: Los Angeles Film Festival (WINNER - Jury Award for Best Documentary), Nashville Film Festival (WINNER - Audience Award), Frameline (Centerpiece Selection, WINNER - Grand Jury Award, Best Documentary), NewFest (Centerpiece), Tallgrass Film Festival (WINNER - Outstanding Documentary Feature), Palm Springs International Film Festival (WINNER - Audience Award for Best Documentary)

Distributor: First Run Features (US)

Praise: "Beautifully made doc celebrates a trailblazer in the country music world." - Stephen Farber, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

"An inspirational account of coming out, "Wish Me Away" is fascinating both as a biographical portrait of Chely Wright, the first significant American country music artist to openly identify herself as gay, and as a backstage look at how an entertainer prepares to make a revelation many might view as career suicide." - Joe Leydon, VARIETY