PBS To Air Television Premiere of Janis Joplin Documentary

The 30th anniversary season of PBS’s American Masters series will include the U.S. television premiere of a documentary about singer Janis Joplin. Janis: Little Girl Blue from Oscar-nominated director Amy Berg premieres nationwide Tuesday, May 3 at 8/7c on PBS (check local listings to confirm the airtime in your area).

Viewers will get to see a never-before-seen extended film cut with 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, who is best known as indie rock star Cat Power. Janis: Little Girl Blue features interviews with Janis’s siblings, friends, lovers and fellow musicians. Among those appearing in the film are Joplin’s Big Brother and the Holding Company bandmates Peter Albin, Sam Andrew and Dave Getz as well as Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir, Country Joe McDonald of Country Joe and the Fish, Kris Kristofferson and Dick Cavett.

Watch a trailer for Janis: Little Girl Blue:

[Hat Tip – Examiner.com]