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Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 14, 2009

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Music, Documentary

User Score

67%

Original Title

Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

Production Companies

Thirteen, Razor & Tie Entertainment, Eikon Media

Director

Mary Wharton

Description

Following folk musician Joan Baez on her extensive 2008-2009 tour, this film commemorates her career, which has spanned five decades. It includes concert and archival footage as well as interviews with such disparate colleagues, friends and admirers as Bob Dylan, Jesse Jackson and David Crosby. In addition to the music, it also touchs upon Baez's long history of global social activism.