Following folk musician Joan Baez on her extensive 2008-2009 tour, this film commemorates her career, which has spanned five decades. It includes concert and archival footage as well as interviews with such disparate colleagues, friends and admirers as Bob Dylan, Jesse Jackson and David Crosby. In addition to the music, it also touchs upon Baez's long history of global social activism.
In 1972 two music icons, the legendary blues guitarist, singer and composer B.B. King, and folk singer Joan Baez, teamed up for one of the most unusual performances of their respective careers at New York s Sing Sing maximum security prison. They both weave their musical magic in this remarkable concert, winning over the hardened inmates with their electrifying performances.
Folk singer Joan Baez performs live at the BBC Television Theatre, London, in 1965
