Magnolia Pictures Acquires ‘Joan Baez I Am A Noise,’ Plans October Release Of Revealing Doc On Folk Legend

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EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to Joan Baez I Am A Noise, the feature documentary about the iconic folk singer directed by Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle, and Karen O’Connor.

Magnolia plans an October 6 theatrical release of the film, which premiered at the Berlinale in February. Joan Baez went from Berlin to SXSW and recently served as the opening night film of DC/DOX.

It is the closing night film for the Hamptons International Film Festival’s SummerDocs series on July 22. “Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, this immersive documentary 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,” notes a release from Magnolia. “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.” “I Am a Noise is a beautifully cinematic exploration into the incredible life of one of our most cherished performers,” Magnolia Pictures co-CEOs Eamonn Bowles and Dori Begley said in a statement. “This is singular filmmaking presenting the story of a singular life.” Co-director O’Connor said, “Magnolia Pictures is the perfect home for Joan’s powerful and deeply moving story.