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The First Female Troubadour - The Life’s Work of Joan Baez
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
Dir.: Mary Wharton | 84 minutes

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Lecture by: Prof. Michael Wolpe

Concert performed by: Dotan Moshonov piano, musical direction and arrangements; Maayan Blevis singer, Lior Shamgar guitar and vocals, Tal Michels bass guitar, Ilan Tenenbaum drums

In the program: Donna DonnaDon't Think Twice, It's All Right,  Diamonds and Rust and more

USA 2009 | 84 minutes | English | Hebrew subtitles

In the first comprehensive documentary to chronicle the private life and public career of 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 using interviews with David Crosby, Bob Dylan, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Roger McGuinn and others. The film is rich with historical archival material including footage of Baez' controversial visit to North Vietnam, 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, and never-before-seen film of Joan as a teenager performing at Club 47 in Cambridge, where her career was launched in 1958.

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