Janis Joplin got kicked out of a Brazilian palace, found love, and nobody noticed.
In the summer of 1970, Janis Joplin went to Brazil to get away from heroin. During her meteoric and nearly anonymous stay, the singer was thrown out of the Copacabana Palace, drank heavily, and met the love of her life.
Direction
Cunha excavates a ghost story with archival poetry.
Editing
Seamlessly weaves 1970 footage with present-day voices.
Production
Copacabana Palace as character—glamour and expulsion.
Director
Ana Isabel Cunha
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Copacabana Palace kept no records of her stay—staff memories and grainy photos are all that remain.
Brazil's military dictatorship censored most foreign press, letting Janis move through Rio as a ghost in plain sight.
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