April 5, 1969: Rock singer Janis Joplin (1943 – 1970). (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)
The never-before-seen extended film cut of Oscar-nominated director Amy Berg’s American Masters — Janis: Little Girl Blue premieres nationwide May 3 on PBS.
The documentary features additional archival performance footage and new interviews with Joplin’s sister Laura Joplin and musicians influenced by Janis: Alecia Moore (a.k.a. Pink), Juliette Lewis, Melissa Etheridge and the film’s narrator Chan Marshall (also known as Cat Power).
The film will be shown at 8 p.m. ET on PBS, and will be available to stream at pbs.org/americanmasters May 4 (same day as DVD and Blu-ray release via FilmRise).
