Bob Geldof: The Moment

Overview

Bob Geldof grew up listening to the radio on the outskirts of Dublin, where his loneliness and resentment of prescribed drudgery manifested itself in an all-consuming desire to escape. It was an almost quintessential rock-star story — rebellion, transgression, fame, drugs, escapades, fading glory. That is, until he turned on the news one late-October evening in 1984 and saw a short story about a famine that moved him and changed his life. The next year, Mr. Geldof was in the Sahel region of Africa, overseeing distribution of the $140 million he and his fellow musicians ultimately helped to raise in one of the largest charity efforts ever organized.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 9, 2014

Original language

English

Cast

Bob Geldof,Errol Morris

Director

Errol Morris

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt5960382