Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

2009 · 90 min · ★ 6.7 · Music, Documentary

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.

Directed by Mary Wharton · Written by Mark Spector

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