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Jimi Hendrix Documentary in the Works From ‘Greatest Night in Pop’ Director


'The Greatest Night in Pop' director Bao Nguyen has found his next music-themed project: a feature-length documentary about Jimi Hendrix.

“Jimi,” from Double Agent, Network Entertainmentand Experience Hendrix, is the first full-length doc about the iconic rock star that is authorized by his estate. According to a press release, the film “will tell the story of a transformational period in music history when Jimi Hendrix set the world — and his guitar — on fire.” It will follow the young Hendrix’s rise to rock ‘n’ roll stardom in the 1960s as he wowed audiences in London before heading back to the U.S. for his breakthrough psychedelic master class at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. “Just as Bao Nguyen has achieved in his films highlighting the lives of other iconic figures who influenced pop culture, this presentation of Jimi’s London experience will be inspiring and informative — a story told the way it should be.”

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