My Father and the Man in Black – review

Johnny Cash fans will want to check out this documentary about his former manager and his family failings

Former talent agent Jonathan Holiff directs this documentary about his dad, Saul, a Canadian-born hustler and music promoter who hit the jackpot when he met a young Johnny Cash and became his manager. Holiff Jr is clearly still bitter over the experience of being raised by such a driven father (at one point he says: "Saul didn't so much parent me as manage me like one of his clients"), and you know from the start Saul's rambunctious lifestyle doesn't end well: the opening scene is a reconstruction of his suicide in 1973. For Cash devotees who want a hitherto-hidden perspective on their man, though, this is invaluable viewing.

Rating: 3/5

• Documentary
• Johnny Cash

Andrew Pulver

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