The short, electrifying career of singer Janis Joplin (1943-1970) is chronicled in this 96-minute documentary. Using family photos, interviews and concert clips, a fairly thorough portrait is painted of the dynamic, self-destructive R&B singer. With Joplin, what you saw was what you got: she is as volcanic and unpredictable off-stage as on. Janis Joplin's family had a lot of input in this production; thus, Joplin's music is given precedence over her private demons and her fabled substance abuse. Even so, the language is ...
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The short, electrifying career of singer Janis Joplin (1943-1970) is chronicled in this 96-minute documentary. Using family photos, interviews and concert clips, a fairly thorough portrait is painted of the dynamic, self-destructive R&B singer. With Joplin, what you saw was what you got: she is as volcanic and unpredictable off-stage as on. Janis Joplin's family had a lot of input in this production; thus, Joplin's music is given precedence over her private demons and her fabled substance abuse. Even so, the language is extremely raw at times, so you may want to preview the film before showing it to your kids. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Photograph. Janis Joplin at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago, Illinois. November 23, 1969. Limited edition (1 of 6). Signed by Jerry Aronson, the photographer. Jerry said: "I saw Janis perform a few times at the Kinetic Playground in Chicago, where I was the director of a psychedelic light show while attending graduate school. Our club held about 1, 000 people and Janis and I had become friendly. This performance, to a much larger audience only a year later, was one of her most soulful. She sadly passed away on October 4, 1970" Dimensions: Print: w 16 in x h 20 in; image: w 11.5 in x h 18.5 in Condition: Excellent. About the artist: Over the last three decades, Jerry Aronson has established his reputation as a producer, director, instructor, and photographer. Jerry started taking still photos in 1960 when, at the age of 15, he photographed President Eisenhower and Governor George Romney in Detroit, Michigan. In high school, he was the top winner of the National Kodak Scholastic Magazine awards. Later he studied under Aaron Siskind and Wynn Bullock at the Institute of Design in Chicago, where he received an MFA. He began teaching photography at South Shore High School in Chicago in 1970 and by 1972 his students were also top winners of the same National Kodak Scholastic awards. He also began freelancing as a photographer for various concert promoters in Chicago. He subsequently moved to Colorado and established the Cherry Creek High School photo department, while continuing to freelance, now for Denver concert promoters. He also became the head photographer for the Rocky Mountain Musical Express. His still photographs cover a broad range of subjects in music and politics. In the period following, he concentrated on filmmaking. His many works include the 1978 Academy Award-nominated film The Divided Trail, which is now part of the collection at the Library of Congress. He then directed the documentary series America's Music: The Roots of Country, released in 1996 for TBS. More recently, Jerry produced the documentary Chasing Ice, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012 and won a national Emmy for Best Nature Programming in 2014. Jerry's documentary The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg had its world premiere at Sundance in 1993. The feature-length documentary had a US theatrical run and has since been exhibited at over 100 international film festivals and has also had a world-wide television and DVD release. The Ginsberg film won the prestigious International Documentary Association Award of Excellence in 1994. Jerry then edited a one-hour version for the PBS series "American Masters" which aired in 1997. The project was revised again after Ginsberg's passing and the final cut was completed for the tribute DVD, which was released in 2007. Jerry has taught in Chicago at Columbia College and at the University of Illinois. In 1973, he was instrumental in creating the highly respected film production program as part of Film Studies at the University of Colorado. In 2006, he won the University of Colorado Award for Teaching, and he retired from the University in 2008. Second Story Books is pleased to present a collection of photographs taken by Jerry of leading figures in the entertainment industry between 1967 and 1996. Most of these photographs have never before been published. All are signed by Jerry and are part of limited edition runs. Second Story Books and Jerry Aronson guarantee that no further copies of these photos at these sizes will be issued once these editions are sold. 1342473. Arts & Antiques.
Been looking for this for a long time....yahoo-eeeee - finally.
This is an amazing bio of a short bright light in our American music history. It should be re-released on DVD -- maybe that will happen when "Love, Janis" is finally released and this great talent revived in the public eye.
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