ColorLines

In 'Blinded By The Light,' A Brown Immigrant Finds Himself in the Music of the Boss

Deepa Iyer writes about her personal connection to the immigrant story at the center of the new Bruce Springsteen-loving film. Colorlines is the leading source for accessible media on race, power and ...

Bruce Springsteen hated Manfred Mann’s “Blinded by the Light,” says singer Chris Thompson

The guitarist recalls the tape-machine glitch that created rock’s most infamous misheard lyric — and the awkward dinner where ...
Variety

How ‘Blinded by the Light’ Brought Bruce Springsteen’s Music to the Screen for a Song

Likewise, Chadha is a huge Springsteen fan, who pursued her dream of making a movie about The Boss’ music based on the true-life memoir of co-writer (and fellow diehard) Sarfraz Manzoor. It took ...
WRAL

'Blinded by the Light' sets uplifting coming-of-age tale to Bruce Springsteen songs

Anyone who has sung along to a Bruce Springsteen song will find a lot to like in "Blinded by the Light." But director/co-writer Gurinder Chadha ("Bend It Like Beckham") has much more on her mind in ...