
Let It Die Here (2024)
Linda Perry is one of the most outspoken and recognizable artists of the past 30 years. The hat, tattoos, and massive hit single “What’s Up” with her band 4 Non-Blondes made her an icon. But, in the decades since that song topped the charts, Linda has reinvented herself as a Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer, penning hit-after-hit for artists like Dolly Parton, Christina Aguilera, Celine Dion, Pink, Adele, Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, Weezer, Gwen Stefani, Alicia Keys, The Chicks, and others.
While the story of Linda’s career and craft is extraordinary, this film is about much more. Let It Die Here is an intimate look at a vulnerable and courageous woman as she navigates life-altering personal circumstances amidst gnawing career decisions. Linda’s past and present collide as she seeks to answer the big questions she can no longer avoid: Who am I? Am I loved? What’s my purpose? What will I leave behind? The film features extraordinary access to the artist, including new footage, performances, and interviews with colleagues, family, and friends.




Film Synopsis
Linda Perry is one of the most outspoken and recognizable artists of the past 30 years. The hat, tattoos, and massive hit single “What’s Up” with her band 4 Non-Blondes made her an icon. But in the decades since that song topped the charts, Linda has reinvented herself as a songwriter and producer penning hit-after-hit for artists like Dolly Parton, Christina Aguilera, Celine Dion, Pink and others.
While the story of Linda’s career and craft is extraordinary, this film is about much more. Let It Die Here is an intimate look at a vulnerable and courageous woman as she navigates life-altering personal circumstances amidst gnawing career decisions. Linda‘s past and present collide as she struggles to answer the big questions she can no longer avoid: Who am I? Am I loved? What’s my purpose? What will I leave behind?
Press
“Riveting….While Perry keeps plenty busy… the documentary and her live set makes one hope that the singer-songwriter gives equal footing to both of those nouns in the near future. It’s been far too long she’s since Linda Perry has written songs for Linda Perry, and it’s clear that she has plenty left to say.”
-Billboard
“the rawest, most revealing music documentary in years”
-Rolling Stone
“It’s an amazing portrait into the restless mind of a creative spark plug.”
– Mercury News
“There are parts of “Let It Die Here” that illustrate Perry’s process, and parts that reveal hidden truths about her life. It’s incredible to watch her take control over herself, maybe for the first time ever. But I, for one, am most grateful for her vulnerability”
-The Wrap
“The candid, always watchable Perry needs little help in telling her story and revealing her creative process. What emerges is a portrait of a talented, collaborative artist striving to overcome her past and live in the here and now.”
– San Francisco Chronicle
“It’s Perry’s honesty and—at times, staggering—vulnerability that sets Let It Die Here apart from other music documentaries. “
– Jezebel
““Let It Die Here” is an intimate look at a vulnerable and courageous woman as she navigates life-altering personal circumstances amidst gnawing career decisions. Perry struggles with fear, shame, illness, perfectionism, as well as the burdens and gifts of family. “
– Main Street Nashville
“Don Hardy’s film never feels extractive or designed in such moments, instead fusing them organically into the general texture. Despite all the bleak inner corners we are taken into, there’s a smidgen of hope and strength and reclamation; a luminous authenticity elevates the film.”
-High On Films
“Whereas most docs of this sort are about what a person has done, Let It Die Here is about who Linda Perry is. Having a complete portrait of the person helps to put her work into larger perspective, making it clear that a strong sense of humanity is at the core of each song.”
-Aisle Seat
“Rarely has the creative process of an artist been portrayed so raw and honestly in the outstanding documentary, “Linda Perry: Let It Die Here…This heartbreaking film allows us to glimpse a genius at age 59 still trying to find herself, as with searing candor she bares her soul in an intense conversation with the audience; stellar and unmissable.”
– Bay Area Reporter
“This documentary helped me form a picture of Perry she may not even have intended and helped me touch base with a part of my soul that needs healing. In great documentary filmmaking, you don’t tell the story. The story finds you. Don Hardy created a life portrait that is a conversation between Perry and the viewers of the film, an impressive feat.”
– 1 Of My Films
“But there’s no need for Let It Die Here— the title culled from the life-affirming anthem Perry pens at the film’s conclusion—to deliver the cinematic equivalent of Perry’s Wikipedia page, and thankfully it doesn’t attempt to, instead striking an equal balance between ruminating on an icon who seemingly effortlessly broke down doors for women and queer people in an industry that remains dominated by straight men, and bringing her down to earth, painting a portrait of a woman learning to make peace with her past, present, and future.”
-Katie at the Movies
“Her sincere journey of discontent provides freedom of thought and self-expression, not just for her but all the people who watch in awe as she breaks down or manifests herself into pure creative agony.”
-Geek Vibes Nation
“‘Let It Die Here’ manages to tell a candid and vulnerable story of a sometimes-misunderstood musical genius.”
– The Movie Buff
“Perhaps this immeasurably moving documentary, that stuns with raw, unabridged emotion and splendid animation work, can also work towards showing young girls, queer or not, that there is space for them in the industry. The spell-binding Perry is blazing the path for them to show that she should be seen as an iconic pillar of inspiration within the industry. As she has always been.”
– Movies We Texted About
“Let It Die Here is an open-hearted documentary of the personal and professional journey of the talented, Grammy and Golden Globe nominated musician Linda Perry who leads us by the hand through each and every facet of her life narrated from her very unique perspective.”
– Starry Constellation Magazine
““Linda Perry: Let It Die Here” is a brave, honest self-examination of the many inspirations and demons which have fueled the already legendary 59-year-old music producer’s career.”
– Mystery Catalog
“Some creative minds poetically muse about stripping everything down to the basics yet still struggle to show a vulnerable side. In Hardy’s documentary, the subject quite literally bares all. Linda Perry: Let It Die Here is a moving study of female self-empowerment and perseverance.”
-Vague Visages
““Linda Perry: Let It Die Here” is the rare musical biopic that’s made for newcomers to her story and long-time fans alike.”
– SF Gate
“At the outset, it was never Hardy’s intent to capture what he did. In short, one woman’s series of steps both backward and forward. In following—Perry’s moves, from sessions with Kate Hudson to writing her own album to recovering from loss–Hardy, in his words, simply let life lead. That may be true, but it’s largely because of his care that Let It Die Here actually transcends that of any other revealing music documentary—even if it is exceptional for the genre—and becomes a needful study of the human spirit that will no doubt prompt audiences to sigh, sniffle, then smile at the ways this particular one has survived.”
– Paste Magazine