It is the closing night film for the Hamptons International Film Festivals SummerDocs series on July 22.
This is singular filmmaking presenting the story of a singular life.
Baez, 82, gave her first public concert in Boston at age 17.
Joan BaezMagnolia Pictures
Her songs of social protest, sung in a thrumming vibrato, came to define the early 1960s.
Their pivotal relationship and breakup has become part of the lore of that momentous time in American culture.
Deadline spoke with Baez just before the documentarys world premiere.
Joan Baez circa 1960.Photo by Tom Copi/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
In this film we covered everything.
But it was a journey, Baez told us.
Ive never let anybody into my life like that.
Ive never talked about it, Baez told Deadline.
This will be the first indication anybody ever had.
Executive Producers are Greg Sarris, Patti Smith, Josh Braun, Ben Braun, and Terry Press.
