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Janis
Print this pagePresented by the Lost Dominion Collective
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Ottawa filmmaker Budge Crawley produced Janis through his company, Crawley Films, Canada’s largest independent film studio. This rock’n’roll documentary is one of the many highlights of an astonishing film career that lasted from the late 1930’s until the early 1980’s, with over 5000 films produced during that time.
– Lost Dominion Screening Collective
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In 1970, Budge Crawley decided to make the film after seeing Joplin during the Festival Express concert tour, which crossed Canada just months before Joplin died of a heroin overdose. Crawley spent the next four years, and many thousands of dollars, securing the rights to concert performances, rehearsals and interviews – all of the footage available – including sequences from the Woodstock and Monterey Pop festivals.
Janis is a unique rock documentary that is as compelling for its musical sections as it is for its frank interviews with Joplin. The film was completed and released with the approval of Joplin’s parents. Janis won an Etrog as best nonfiction feature at the Canadian Film Awards in 1975 and was a considerable box office success.
– Canadian Film Encyclopedia
This screening is part of the Canadian Cult Revue film series at the ByTowne, presented by the Lost Dominion Screening Collective.
Regular admission prices apply. For more information visit www.lostdominion.ca
The ByTowne doesn't have a parking lot of its own, but denizens of downtown can usually find street parking close by fairly easily.
This web site is very useful, but the hard copy of the ByTowne guide still has its merits. People rely on it and love it. Plus, its calendar pages can be pulled out and posted on your fridge door, something that we still can't achieve with the web site. Get your copy today at many local stores, coffee shops and info centres around town! 