A new documentary detailing the brilliant rise and sudden death of Janis Joplin, Janis: Little Girl Blue,will make its world premiere on September 5th at the Venice Film Festival. The film boasts a bevy of new audio and video footage, and in this exclusive clip for Rolling Stone, Joplin can be seen departing New Yorks famed Chelsea Hotel and lounging with friends and bandmates in California.
As late Big Brother and the Holding Company Sam Andrew recalls in the clip, the band lived at the Chelsea while they were recording 1968s Cheap Thrills, and then spent a good chunk of the year in Southern California when they werent on the road.
Set to Big Brothers rendition of Magic of Love, the footage of Joplin and companypoolside or running around New York is innocent enough. ThoughAndrewcasually remembers, We would get together and do heroin in these peoples rooms and just kind of, not nod off or go to sleep, but have really nice, mellow conversations.
Janis: Little Girl Blue was directed by Amy J. Berg who earned an Oscar nomination in 2007 for Deliver Us From Evil and narrated by Chan Marshall (a.k.a. Cat Power), who will read from the rock legends personal letters.
The film will explore the two sides of Joplin: The storied, empowered musicianon record and stage and the woman who remained haunted by insecurities borne out of a difficult adolescencein Port Arthur, Texas. Amongthe films unearthed gems is footage of Joplin playing Me and Bobby McGee for members of the Grateful Dead and the Band, as well as her returnto Texas for her 10-year high school reunion.
Janis features interviews with Bob Weir, Clive Davis, Melissa Etheridge, D.A. Pennebaker (who also contributes filmand audiofrom his archives) and Dick Cavett, as well as Joplins family, childhood friends and bandmates. Following its world premiere at Venice, the doc will make its North American debut at the Toronto Film Festival, which begins September 10th.
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