Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman

Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman are American documentary filmmakers who frequently collaborate as a directing team. They have directed several acclaimed music and cultural documentaries and have received Academy Awards for their documentary work.

Rob Epstein directed The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) and, together with Jeffrey Friedman, won an Academy Award for Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989). Epstein and Friedman co-directed The Celluloid Closet (1995) and the 2019 documentary Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice.

The review praises the Epstein–Friedman documentary as a respectful, flowing tribute to Linda Ronstadt, tracing her Mexican-American roots and wide-ranging repertoire. It highlights Ronstadt's versatility, career milestones (1970s hits, collaborations) and the documentary's emotional focus on her loss of voice due to Parkinson's. The film collects testimonies from collaborators and ends with a personal musical moment.

For:Fans of Linda Ronstadt, listeners of 1970s rock and Americana, viewers of music documentaries and those interested in Mexican-American musical heritage.