Depeche Mode documentary 'SPIRITS in the Forest' now available on Prime Video

Featuring emotional stories highlighting universal power of music, interwoven with performances from band’s record-breaking ‘Global Spirit Tour’

Film was originally released to nearly 3,000 screens in over 75 countries

Depeche Mode, along with Sony Music Entertainment and BBH Entertainment, announce their critically acclaimed feature-length documentary and concert film, “Depeche Mode: SPIRITS in the Forest,” is now available for streaming on Prime Video. Described by Forbes as “the new gold standard for concert films,” “Depeche Mode: SPIRITS in the Forest” is available on Prime Video in over 130 territories worldwide. Watch here.

Directed by award-winning filmmaker and long-time artistic collaborator Anton Corbijn, the release of “Depeche Mode: SPIRITS in the Forest” follows the band’s 2017-18 “Global Spirit Tour,” which saw them play to over 3 million fans at 115 shows around the world. The film’s theatrical release was an immediate hit, seen by over 220,000 people in nearly 80 countries. On its opening night at the global box office, the film landed in the No. 2 spot in Germany, Italy and the U.K. and No. 3 in Mexico. One of the strongest performing event cinemas of 2019, “Depeche Mode: SPIRITS in the Forest” global box office receipts totaled $4.5 million.

Diving into the deeply emotional stories of six special Depeche Mode fans, the film weaves together exhilarating musical performances filmed at the final shows of the tour at Berlin’s famed Waldbühne (“Forest Stage”) with intimate documentary footage filmed in the fans’ hometowns across the globe. It shows not only how and why the band’s popularity and relevance has continued to grow over the course of its career, but provides a unique look into music’s incredible power to build communities, enable people to overcome adversity, and create connections across the boundaries of language, location, gender, age and circumstance.

For more information, visit spiritsintheforest.com.