SINOPSIS
Musician Cat Power narrates this documentary on Janis Joplin's evolution into a star from letters that Joplin wrote over the years to her friends, family, and collaborators.
- Janis JoplinSelf (archive footage)
- Karleen BennettSelf - Janis Joplin's Childhood Friend
- Laura JoplinSelf - Janis Joplin's Sister
- Michael JoplinSelf - Janis Joplin's Brother
- J. Dave MoriatySelf - Janis Joplin's Schoolfriend
- Jack SmithSelf - Janis Joplin's Schoolfriend
- Powell St. JohnSelf
- Jae WhitakerSelf
- Travis RiversSelf
- Dave GetzSelf
- Sam AndrewSelf
- David DaltonSelf - Founding Editor of Rolling Stone Magazine
- Bob WeirSelf
- Otis ReddingSelf (archive footage)
- Peter AlbinSelf
- Clive DavisSelf - President of Columbia Records 1967-1973
- Julius KarpenSelf - Manager of Big Brother and the Holding Comp
- Jimi HendrixSelf (archive footage)
- The WhoThemselves (archive footage)
- D.A. PennebakerSelf
- Cass ElliotSelf (archive footage)
- Country Joe McDonaldSelf
- Dick CavettSelf
- Don AdamsSelf (archive footage)
- John CookeSelf