"‘Wish Me Away’ follows singer Chely Wright's coming-out story" by Gary Goldstein
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/06/wish-me-away-follows-singer-chely-wrights-coming-out-story.html
"ReThink Review: Wish Me Away -- A Country-Music Star Comes Out in Hostile Territory" by Jonathan Kim
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-kim/rethink-review-wish-me-aw_b_1615509.html
"Chely Wright Releases Documentary" by Eric Parker
http://www.musicrow.com/2012/06/chely-wright-releases-documentary/
"Go see 'Wish Me Away'! A documentary about Chely Wright's coming-out journey" by Stephanie Miller
"For country artist Chely Wright, the situation is clear: 'Either you believe in freedom for all, based on real human equality, or you don't'" by Jack Silverman
http://www.nashvillescene.com/gyrobase/for-country-artist-chely-wright-the-situation-is-clear-either-you-believe-in-freedom-for-all-based-on-real-human-equality-or-you-dont/Content?oid=2896928&;;storyPage=1
Movie Review: “Chely Wright: Wish Me Away” by Clay Cane
http://blogs.bet.com/celebrities/what-the-flick/movie-review-chely-wright-wish-me-away/
"A Country Singer Comes Out, Very Carefully" by Jeannette Catsoulishttp://movies.nytimes.com/2012/06/01/movies/chely-wright-wish-me-away-a-documentary.html
'''Wish Me Away': The Wright stuff in gay country'' by Elizabeth Weitzman
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-05-31/news/31931346_1_chely-wright-civil-rights-stars
Movie Review by Sam Adams
http://www.avclub.com/articles/chely-wright-wish-me-away,75843/
“Bay Area Repertory film picks, May 31-June 3” by G. Allen Johnson
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/30/NS7E1OOC99.DTL
"Chely Wright: Nashville Quietly Rejected Me"
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505270_162-57443526/chely-wright-nashvilles-quietly-rejected-me/?tag=showDoorFlexGridRight;flexGridModule
"Lifted Off the Ground - An Interview with Chely Wright" by Richard Propes
http://theindependentcritic.com/lifted_off_the_ground___an_interview_with_chely_wright
"Chely Wright's County Life is Peaceful, Not Easy" by Christine Kearney
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/28/entertainment-us-chelywright-idUSBRE84R0E920120528
"Singer Chely Wright Comes Out in 'Wish Me Away'" by Jennifer Merin
http://documentaries.about.com/b/2012/05/28/singer-chely-wright-comes-out-in-wish-me-away.htm
"God, Flag, Pickup Truck, and Lesbian Singer" by Gary Kramer
http://gaycitynews.com/our-print-edition/
"'I didn't come out to shut up': Lesbian country music star Chely Wright to receive Miami gay film festival award."
“Summer sneak preview: Superheroes and returning franchises enliven 2012 slate” by Sarah Sluis
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An inspirational account of coming out, "Wish Me Away" is fascinating both as a biographical portrait of Chely Wright, the first significant American country music artist to openly identify herself as gay, and as a backstage look at how an entertainer prepares to make a revelation many might view as career suicide. By Joe Leydonhttp://www.variety.com/review/VE1117945537/
Directors Bobbie Birleffi and Beverly Kopf have crafted a first-rate piece of documentary filmmaking. It’s the right moment for this movie to reach audiences and enhance the conversation on a contentious issue.http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/wish-me-away-film-review-206345
[Chely Wright’s] personal and professional struggles are the subject of the alternately harrowing and triumphant documentary "Wish Me Away," which came to Outfest on Friday night after winning the jury documentary prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival and at Frameline, the San Francisco LGBT Film Festival by Steve Pondhttp://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/wish-me-away-moving-chronicle-chely-wrights-career-threatening-coming-out-29157
Los Angeles Film Festival
WINNER Grand Jury Prize, Best Documentary Feature
Frameline 35
WINNER San Francisco International LGBT Festival, Outstanding Documentary Feature
Nashville Film Festival
WINNER Audience Award, Best Documentary
Palm Springs International Film Festival
WINNER Audience Award, Best Documentary
Melbourne Australia LGBT Festival
WINNER Audience Award, Best Documentary
Seattle LGBT Festival
WINNER Audience Award, Favorite Documentary Film
Salem Film Festival
WINNER Alliance of Women Film Journalists “EDA AWARD”: Best Female Directed Film.
Philadelphia Q Fest
WINNER Jury Award, Best Documentary
Tallgrass Film Festival, Kansas
WINNER Golden Strand Award, Best Documentary
Pittsburgh LGBT Festival
WINNER Best Documentary
Fresno Real Pride Film Festival
WINNER Audience Award, Best Documentary
Atlanta Out on Film Festival
WINNER Jury Award, Best Documentary
Newfest Film Festival, New York City
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