- A documentary on the powerful emotional and political currents of the late 60's as seen through the eyes of folksinger Joan Baez and her then husband David Harris, a student organizer and leader of the draft resistance movement.
- CARRY IT ON features folksinger Joan Baez and husband David Harris, a leader of the draft resistance movement, during the powerful political currents of the late 1960s. The film follows Baez on a musical tour of protest, including Woodstock, features live recordings of 13 major songs, and gives a behind-the-scenes view of Baez.—The New Film Company, Inc.
- Carry It On is a stunning black-and-white documentary which takes us from Lost Altos, California, where Joan Baez and her husband David Harris make their home, to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Denver, Woodstock, Cambridge, Big Sur, Toronto, and New York. The film's construction is simple and thoughtful, hypnotically visual and aural. We begin with the arrest of Harris at his home by Federal marshals. He is to begin a three-year sentence for refusing induction into the Army. Pregnant and reeling from the emotional upheaval in her personal life, Baez embarks on a concert tour of protest during the tumultuous summer of 1969. The film follows her to major venues in the U.S. and Canada, including Woodstock and features live recordings of 13 major songs including Bob Dylan's classic, I Shall be Released. With her extraordinarily beautiful singing voice, Baez delivers a powerful message. But it is the lingering moments between the hectic cross-country tour, when we glimpse Miss Baez at home, in her kitchen, during bull sessions with students and admirers, waiting to go on the Joey Bishop show, and with her agent in a car between engagements, when we come to discover a surprisingly mature, engaging, wise, and totally disarming and unassuming young woman whose philosophy is not violent but thoughtful and dedicated. The beauty of Miss Baez' face, her intense love for life, and her perplexity at those who hold her up as a kind of hero of non-violent causes, become clear. But more surprising is the revelation of a young woman totally dedicated to her husband and their beliefs in the cause. The film's photography by James Coyne, Robert Jones and Christopher Knight is spellbinding. The editing by Jones and Knight is clearly a labor of love, as black-and-white images move before us with grace and style. Carry It On, even for those who do not share with Miss Baez and her husband the same political viewpoint, is a major film achievement which will linger in the minds eye for some time.
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