Janis Ian: Breaking Silence (2025)

Directed by

Varda Bar-Kar

Genre

documentary, music, history

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows singer-songwriter Janis Ian through six decades of her life and career. It covers her early success with a controversial song and includes interviews with fellow musicians.

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What happens

Janis Ian: Breaking Silence is a 2024 American documentary film directed by Varda Bar-Kar that covers the life and career of singer-songwriter Janis Ian. Janis Ian: Breaking Silence examines Ian's early success with her lightening rod song "Society's Child" in the 1960s, her enduring music career, and her rollercoaster life over six decades. It includes interviews with Ian, Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, Lily Tomlin, and Jean Smart. The documentary premiered at Doc NYC in November 2024 and was released theatrically in the United States on March 28, 2025, by Greenwich Entertainment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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