ABBA Forever: A Celebration

ABBA Forever: A Celebration

2019 · 54 min · ★ 8.0 · Documentary, Music

This definitive music documentary, featuring a greatest hits soundtrack and bounty of classic performance clips, provides an inside look into how Swedish pop group ABBA's music was made, as the former members and various colleagues tell their story from pre-ABBA days onward.

Directed by Chris Hunt

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