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Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound (2009)

Genre : Music, Documentary

Runtime : 1H 30M

Director : Mary Wharton

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Self
Roger McGuinn
Roger McGuinn
Self
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Self
David Crosby
David Crosby
Self
Steve Earle
Steve Earle
Self
Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson
Self

Crews

Mary Wharton
Mary Wharton
Director
Mary Wharton
Mary Wharton
Writer
Mark Spector
Mark Spector
Writer

Posters and backgrounds

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