Janis Ian: Breaking Silence vs Vinyl Generation
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence has the higher audience score (5.3/10 against 4.5/10 for Vinyl Generation). Vinyl Generation is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are documentary, history, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
Vinyl Generation| Janis Ian: Breaking Silence | Vinyl Generation | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.3/10 | ★ 4.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2016 |
| Length | – | 1h 13m |
| Genres | Documentary, History, Music | Documentary, History, Music |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Varda Bar-Kar | Keith Jones |
| Main cast | Jean Smart, Lily Tomlin, Laurie Metcalf, Joan Baez, Janis Ian | – |
Synopsis
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
In 1965, Janis Ian, a 14-year-old singer-songwriter from New Jersey, wrote “Society’s Child” about an interracial relationship. Recorded and released a year later, the song launched Ian's career, but its subject matter ignited controversy, even resulting in death threats. The fallout plunged Ian into an emotional tailspin–and yet a few years later she emerged from the ashes with an even bigger hit, “At Seventeen.” Over six decades, Janis Ian…
Vinyl Generation
In 1980s Communist Czechoslovakia an emerging generation took inspiration from alternative culture to create their own worldview, politics and eventually, a revolution. 25 years later, this unique generational perspective is explored for the first time.
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