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What does I Am: Celine Dion tell us about this latest chapter in the superstar's story?

Culture commentator Thomas Leblanc reviews the film, out now on Amazon Prime Video, and what it tells us about her remarkable strength.

Culture commentator Thomas Leblanc reviews the film and its behind-the-scenes look at Dion's health struggles

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Singer Celine Dion gives fans a behind the scenes look at her struggle with stiff person syndrome, and the work she's been putting into returning to the stage, in her new film I Am: Celine Dion. (Prime Video)

What happens when your body starts failing you, and you can't trust your voice? When you're Céline Dion, you find a way to keep going.

The new documentary about her life, I Am: Celine Dion, shows viewers how she's struggling with a medical condition she's been hiding from the world for more than a decade. Culture commentator Thomas Leblanc reviews the film, out now on Amazon Prime Video, and what it tells us about her remarkable strength.

LISTEN | Today's episode on YouTube (this segment begins at 17:22): 

You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.


Interview with Thomas Leblanc produced by Jess Low.