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Janis Ian: Breaking Silence chronicles the life, music, and times of maverick singer and songwriter Janis Ian. In addition to rare historic TV and concert footage, it features interviews with industry friends and contemporaries Lily Tomlin, Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, Tom Paxton, Laurie Metcalf and Jean Smart. The film examines Ian’s teen years on the vibrant Greenwich Village folk scene jamming with legends Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. Her anthem about interracial love, “Society’s Child,” made her a star at 16 but also earned her radio bans across America.
