United States 2025, 114 min, English, Hebrew & English subtitles
Janis Ian was a prodigy: A daughter of Jewish immigrants from New Jersey, she exploded onto the music scene at just 16 with a daring and trailblazing song about interracial love. No record label would release it, and no radio station would play it, until Leonard Bernstein invited Ian to perform “Society’s Child” on his television show. From then on, the gifted folk musician, with her remarkable talent on guitar and piano, blossomed into a prominent singer-songwriter of the 1970s, forging a celebrated career, winning multiple Grammys, and perhaps more significantly, becoming a voice for an entire generation of women during that decade. This comprehensive docu-biography features interviews with figures like Joan Baez, Lily Tomlin, and photographer Peter Cunningham, who attest to Ian’s impact, while she herself talks with striking honesty about a turbulent career shadowed by misogyny, corruption, and homophobia.
Previous Festivals: DOC NYC
