Joan Baez: I Am a Noise - The Story Behind By Her Father Her Life & More the Documentary

Folk icon Joan Baez, known for her supple soprano voice and activism, is the subject of the new film "I Am a Noise," which debuted at the Berlin Film Festival on Friday. The film, co-directed by Karen O'Connor, Miri Navasky, and Maeve O'Boyle, offers an intimate and candid look at Baez's life as she approaches the end of her 60-year musical career, according to a report by Variety.

The film weaves together footage of Baez's final musicale in 2018 with her early life, rise to fame, struggles with substance abuse, and a dark thread involving her father's history of child abuse, as revealed in Baez's personal libraries of home videos, journals, artwork, remedy videotapes, and audio recordings of voice letters to her family.

Thanks to this wealth of material, the film achieves a surprising level of intimacy, offering viewers a glimpse into Baez's personal life, including her heartbreak when Bob Dylan broke up with her while they were on a music tour in England in 1965.

Ahead of the film's premiere, Baez and O'Connor spoke to Variety about the challenges of creating this multi-stranded visual biography. In one of her answers, Baez reflects on the painful experience of confronting her father's abuse in the film. She notes that she still loves her father, but finds it difficult to hear him denying the abuse on a tape recording.

Despite the pain of confronting these difficult issues, Baez is proud of the film and the insights it offers into her life and legacy. For fans of the legendary folk singer, "I Am a Noise" is a must-see film that offers a unique and intimate portrait of one of the most iconic voices of the 20th century.