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| Joan Baez: How Sweet The Sound! Tune in to watch the first comprehensive film to chronicle the private life and public career of the legendary artist Joan Baez. Thirteen's American Masters documentary Joan Baez: How Sweet The Sound examines her history as a recording artist and performer as well as her remarkable journey as the conscience of a generation. The film premiered nationally on October 14th on PBS and will re-air throughout the next week. Razor & Tie Entertainment released the DVD and CD of the documentary on October 13th. The release is available as three different configurations: a DVD of the film with bonus material, a 15-song soundtrack CD and a deluxe package of both the DVD and soundtrack CD with additional bonus content. In addition to featuring rare, archival performance footage, the film includes candid interviews with David Crosby, Bob Dylan, ex-husband David Harris, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Roger McGuinn, and more. The film is rich with historic material including footage of Baez' controversial visit to North Vietnam and footage of Martin Luther King Jr. outside a California prison, where he visited Joan to offer his support after she was jailed for protesting the draft during the Vietnam War. Following Baez on her 2008-2009 world tour, the filmmakers captured Baez in performance as well as in intimate conversations with individuals whose lives parallel hers. From a stop in Sarajevo, Bosnia to revisit the scene of Joan's courageous trip to that war-torn city in the middle of the 1993 siege, to Nashville, TN, where she joined Steve Earle to talk about their collaboration on Joan's 2008 Grammy-nominated album Day After Tomorrow, the film allows viewers an unprecedented level of access to Ms. Baez. The soundtrack CD includes material spanning Joan's career, including many rare, previously unreleased performances. The deluxe package DVD and soundtrack CD contains even more exclusive bonus content including interview outtakes with Joan on early and current family life, musical roots, early career choices, her first Newport Folk Festival in 1959, and most notably a never before seen 1958 film of performances at the legendary Club 47 in Cambridge where Baez launched her career. Joan Baez: How Sweet The Sound is airing as part of the Emmy-winning American Masters series and is a co-production of THIRTEEN and Razor & Tie Entertainment in association with wnet.org. The film is produced by Mark Spector and Mary Wharton and directed by Wharton. Susan Lacy is the series creator and executive producer of American Masters, a six-time winner of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Primetime Non-Fiction Series. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Jazz News :: home page |