Anna Gabriel’s documentary film following her father on the Growing Up tour of 2002. With his eldest daughter filming, his second daughter singing and his new wife and baby joining him on the road, Gabriel juggles his lives as a musician and as a regular family man. The highs, the lows, the sublime, the ridiculous, the fathers, sisters, brothers, band members and road crew: Anna Gabriel's knowing eye reveals an inventive and intimate portrait of family life on tour. 40 minutes.

It has become available in 2004, yet Growing Up On Tour – A Family Portrait. A Film By Anna Gabriel has remained a more obscure gem. In fact, many fans are not really aware of this DVD. What is so special about it, and who should consider buying it?

This is no DVD for the high-end technology aficionado. It is kept quite simple. A simple size format of 4:3, normal two-channel Dolby Stereo. The source material is Digital Video, Super 8 and VHS. It was the maker’s intention that the different qualities of the recording media would show.

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