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Amy Berg delves into the life of late rock legend Janis Joplin. In this documentary she reverts from an icon back into a human being. Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Amy Berg excavates unseen material, interviews Joplin's confidantes and uncovers personal letters. The resulting portrait gives us fresh insight into the mighty talent behind famous versions of her hits. Through interviews with her family members and fellow musicians, the film helps us understand better the different worlds she inhabited and the people who had the most influence on her.

On stage and on camera, Joplin frequently projected an image of being high and happy-go-lucky. Berg's film reveals a more vulnerable character which cycled in and out of addictions, channeling her emotions into her art.

Amy Berg was born in Los Angeles. She has written, produced, and directed the documentaries Deliver Us from Evil, West of Memphis, which played at the Cannes Festival, An Open Secret, and Prophet's Prey, and the fiction feature Every Secret Thing. Janis: Little Girl Blue is her latest film.

 2015 Janis: Little Girl Blue (documentary)

 2015 Prophet's Prey (documentary) 

 2014 An Open Secret (documentary) 

 2014 Every Secret Thing 

 2012 West of Memphis (documentary) 

 2006 Deliver Us from Evil (documentary)