The documentary chronicles the singer’s life through newly discovered home movies, diaries, artwork, therapy tapes and audio recordings.
Joan Baez gets the documentary treatment.
The folk singer and activist is the subject of the upcoming film Joan Baez I am the noisewhich is “neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film,” according to a press release.
I am the noise paints a raw portrait of Baez, 82, that charts her history and follows her on her latest tour. The film, directed by Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle and Karen O’Connor, “delves into her remarkable archive, including newly discovered home movies, diaries, artwork, therapy tapes and audio recordings.”
In addition, it offers an intimate look at her career, as well as her “lifetime emotional struggles” and work as an activist. It also deals with her ill-fated romance with Bob Dylan.
“An extremely honest look at a living legend, this film is a compelling and deeply personal exploration of a cult artist who has never before told the full truth about her life, as she experienced it,” the statement read.
Joan Baez in the documentary ‘Joan Baez I’m Noise’.
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The first trailer, released Thursday, features footage of Baez performing on stage for years, dancing outside, protesting and her relationship with Dylan.
“I don’t think anyone who becomes famous at a young age has the faintest idea that it’s ever going to end,” she says in the trailer as she walks through a field.
When talking about her career, she later adds: “I was the right voice at the right time; he just shot me into another stratosphere.”
The “Farewell, Angelina” musician also captures the experience of her last tour, which ended in 2019.
“I’ve always said I wouldn’t want to do a farewell tour because people who say that always come back,” she says in the trailer. “It might be nice to celebrate 55 years of that.”
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Joan Baez.
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Baez’s musical career began in 1959 at the Newport Folk Festival, where she earned the nickname “Madonna” for her purity.
In the 60s, she wrote her own songs and began speaking out against the war in Vietnam.
In 1967, she was arrested for barricading the door of a California military office.
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But that didn’t stop her – she went on to perform an unforgettable performance at Woodstock in 1969 and remains a beloved singer-songwriter.I am the noise will premiere in New York on October 6th and have a wider release, including Los Angeles, starting on October 13th.
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