Céline Dion opens up about her fight against illness in previously unseen images from her event documentary

On June 25, the documentary dedicated to the fight against Céline Dion’s illness, I Am: Celine Dionwill be available on Prime Video. A month before its broadcast, a first trailer was posted online. The opportunity to discover an artist saddened by not being able to practice her profession.

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For several years now, Celine Dion has been fighting against illness. But it was only in December 2022 that she revealed what was preventing her from getting back on stage and living a normal life. “I was diagnosed with a very rare neurological disorder called Stiff-person syndrome. (…) “We do not yet know everything about this rare disease, but we now know that it is the cause of muscle spasms from which I suffer. Unfortunately, these spasms affect my everyday life on many levels. I sometimes have difficulty walking and I can’t always use my vocal cords to sing as I would like“, she confided. Since then, she sometimes gives her news or lets her sister do it for her. However, very soon, Celine Dion will speak in the documentary I Am: Celine Diondirected by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Irene Taylor, available on Amazon Prime Video on June 25.

Celine Dion: the first images from her documentary revealed

A month before the release of this highly anticipated documentary, a first trailer was shared on social networks. We can thus see the Quebec artist talking about her “voice” who is “the common thread of his life“while illness prevents her from singing as she wishes:”I need my instrument“. The interpreter of my heart Will Go On talks about this illness which removed her from the public scene four years ago now. Not without tears, she confides: “I see my life and I love every aspect of my life. When a girl loves her shoes, she always finds a way to make them fit“. A way for her to say that, no matter the pitfalls, she will find a way to come back.

Celine Dion in tears while talking about her illness: “If I can’t run, I’ll walk. If I can’t walk, I’ll crawl“

The documentary alternates between unforgettable moments of Celine Dion on stage and more complicated moments where she does not know how to carry out this fight. “It’s not complicated to do the show you know, it’s hard to cancel a show“declares the singer in tears, “I work hard every day, but I must admit it’s a struggle“. She continues: “I miss it so much. I miss the people. If I can’t run, I’ll walk. If I can’t walk I’ll crawl and I won’t stop“. A documentary which promises to be a huge success and which, we hope, will mark the return of Celine Dion to the forefront.