Melissa Etheridge Says She Wants to 'Lift People Up' in Trailer for New Prison Concert Docuseries

Melissa Etheridge makes a glorious homecoming.

The Grammy-winning star, 63, recently returned to her hometown of Leavenworth, Kansas for an inspirational performance at a local women’s prison — and now she’s ready to share it with the world.

Trailer for Melissa Etheridge: I’m not broken was released on Monday, June 10, giving viewers a look at the upcoming two-part Paramount+ docu-series that features Etheridge performing a stirring performance for women at the Topeka Correctional Facility.

“The best thing I can do is be the light that holds these people and tells them ‘You matter,'” the star says in the trailer.

I’m not broken features the stories of five different women currently behind bars at the Topeka Correctional Facility, all of whom shared written correspondence with Etheridge prior to her visit.

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Melissa Etheridge in the movie ‘Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken’.

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The trailer says that of the 172,000 women incarcerated in the US, about half are recovering from substance abuse, a cause that hits close to home for the singer.

“Many women in this prison keep making the same mistakes. I lost my son to an opioid overdose. It’s an epidemic,” Etheridge says in the trailer. “I mean, I know your experiences. My whole intention with the concert is to lift people up. I’ve been working on this for weeks and weeks, so know that when you hear this song tomorrow, you’re all in that song.”

Etheridge lost her son Beckett, 21, to an opioid overdose in May 2020. She has since spoken publicly about her grief, and in 2023 wrote a book Talking to My Angelswhich focused heavily on Beckett’s struggle with addiction and her journey through grief.

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Melissa Etheridge in the movie ‘Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken’.

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Her new documentaries “tell an inspiring story of healing and transcendence through the power of music when five inmates at Topeka Correctional Facility, a women’s prison in Kansas, write letters to Etheridge that she uses as inspiration to create and perform an original song for them,” according to a press release. .

“Melissa Etheridge works to understand and break the cycle of addiction as she connects with these women who are so often forgotten by society,” the statement continued.

The two-part docu-series airs on Paramount+ on July 9.

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