Kurt Cobain’s life explored in new documentary

Kurt Cobain is the focus of a new documentary that probes the life and untimely death of the Nirvana singer-guitarist.

It will be released next year and air exclusively on HBO, the network said on Tuesday.

Co-produced by HBO Documentary Films, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck is the first documentary made with the cooperation of Cobain’s family. It draws on home movies, journals and other personal archives. It features Nirvana songs and performances and previously unheard Cobain originals.

The film’s director-producer, Brett Morgen, has previously made the documentaries Crossfire Hurricane, about the Rolling Stones, and The Kid Stays in the Picture.