Joan Baez I Am a Noise

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Joan Baez I Am a Noise

2023,

1h 49m,

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Music/

Biography

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Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, JOAN BAEZ I AM A NOISE is a raw and intimate portrait of the legendary folk singer and activist that shifts back and forth through time as it follows Joan on her final tour and delves into her extraordinary archive, including newly discovered home movies, diaries, artwork, therapy tapes, and audio recordings. Baez is remarkably revealing about her life on and off stage -- from her lifelong emotional struggles to her civil rights work with MLK and a heartbreaking romance with a young Bob Dylan. A searingly honest look at a living legend, this film is a compelling and deeply personal exploration of an iconic artist who has never told the full truth of her life, as she experienced it, until now.

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Absorbing purely as a chronicle of her remarkable career, Joan Baez I Am a Noise is also moving as a depiction of one woman's personal journey from pain to peace and forgiveness.

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Ty Burr

Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack)

Feb 16, 2024

3.5/4

Whether or not you’ve ever been partial to Baez’s image as the sainted Madonna of the 1960s folk and protest movements, the movie is worth a look as a raw and intimate portrait of debilitating vulnerability.

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Steve Davis

Austin Chronicle

Jan 5, 2024

3/5

But it’s the last half-hour’s revelation of the repressed emotions and memories uncovered in Baez’s midlife therapy sessions, accompanied by the voice and written correspondence of her late father, Albert, that will stick with you most...

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Oct 27, 2023

4/5

The folk singer and counterculture veteran Joan Baez is the subject of this intimate and painful documentary, which brings us to the brink of a terribly traumatic revelation that it can’t quite bear to spell out.

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Kathy Fennessy

Video Librarian Magazine

6 days ago

3.5/5

By focusing on Joan's reflections and impressions, along with video and other material featuring family members rather than famous names, Joan Baez: I Am a Noise proves more intimate and emotionally revealing than most biographical portraits.

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Marissa Hill

Shade Studios

Jul 22, 2025

It’s especially impressive how seamlessly the historical clips blend with the narrative, helping to deepen our understanding of how Baez evolved both as an artist and as an activist. It’s not just a film. It’s an experience.

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Lisa Nesselson

France24

Jul 9, 2024

Baez is a class act, and so is this film.

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Synopsis

Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, JOAN BAEZ I AM A NOISE is a raw and intimate portrait of the legendary folk singer and activist that shifts back and forth through time as it follows Joan on her final tour and delves into her extraordinary archive, including newly discovered home movies, diaries, artwork, therapy tapes, and audio recordings. Baez is remarkably revealing about her life on and off stage -- from her lifelong emotional struggles to her civil rights work with MLK and a heartbreaking romance with a young Bob Dylan. A searingly honest look at a living legend, this film is a compelling and deeply personal exploration of an iconic artist who has never told the full truth of her life, as she experienced it, until now.

Director: Miri Navasky, Karen O'Connor, Maeve O'Boyle
Producer: Miri Navasky, Karen O'Connor
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: Mead Street Films
Genre: Documentary, Music, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 6, 2023, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $647.6K
Runtime: 1h 49m

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