Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, JOAN BAEZ I AM A NOISE is a raw and intimate portrait of the legendary folk singer and activist that shifts back and forth through time as it follows Joan on her final tour and delves into her extraordinary archive, including newly discovered home movies, diaries, artwork, therapy tapes, and audio recordings. Baez is remarkably revealing about her life on and off stage -- from her lifelong emotional struggles to her civil rights work with MLK and a heartbreaking romance with a young Bob Dylan. A searingly honest look at a living legend, this film is a compelling and deeply personal exploration of an iconic artist who has never told the full truth of her life, as she experienced it, until now.

From the start, this intimate documentary about octogenarian musician and activist Joan Baez recognizes the slippery nature of autobiographical truth. Early in Joan Baez I Am a Noise, a remarkably vital Baez acknowledges how we often selectively mythologize ourselves when looking back on our lives. “If I could write my entire history, whether it has anything to do with the facts, nobody would ever know, because we remember what we want to remember,” she declares.
Steve Davis
The Austin Chronicle