Melissa Etheridge realized two career dreams with her new docuseries “Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken”: performing for imprisoned women and recording the concert for a live album. The singer-songwriter had a film crew document her 2023 live show at the Topeka Correctional Facility for Women.
Melissa Etheridge fulfills a career dream in her new Paramount+ docuseries “ Melissa Etheridge : I’m Not Broken.” The singer-songwriter got to know inmates at a Kansas women’s prison, and performed a special concert for them, which she recorded for a live album. This image released by Paramount+ shows Melissa Etheridge , foreground and Linda Wallem during the filming of the docuseries “ Melissa Etheridge : I’m Not Broken.
ETHERIDGE: It was even more than I thought it would be. That they jumped right on the call-and-response, and that they’ve got footage of the women saying “I’m not broken!” means everything. Because just saying “I’m not broken,” just saying “I’m worth it,” that was the whole intention for it. I hope people love it because it’s a rockin’ song. It’s a Melissa Etheridge song. I really like that.ETHERIDGE: I love living with a creative woman.
ETHERIDGE: Before we walked on stage, I was with the band, and we all kind of huddled together and I just was like, “You know, this is a real dream come true.” And I went “Oh, no, I’m on the edge here. This is not OK!” So I gathered myself together and I was all good until I started talking about that. To see 500 women who have been through more than I’ll ever — they’ve been through their trials and are not with their children.
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