A Jimi Hendrix documentary is within the works with ‘The Biggest Night time in Pop’ director

The primary ever authorised feature-length documentary in regards to the lifetime of Jimi Hendrix is within the works, from the director of The Biggest Night time In Pop.

The rock icon died in 1970 on the age of 27 and his property have by no means given permission for a full-length documentary, till now.

To be titled Jimi, the movie will, in line with a press launch, inform the story of a “transformational interval in music historical past when Jimi Hendrix set the world – and his guitar – on hearth”.

Bao Nguyen helmed The Biggest Night time In Pop earlier this yr, a Netflix documentary that charted the making of the 1985 smash hit charity single ‘We Are The World’ and the logistic challenges confronted by Lionel Richie in gathering a gaggle of the world’s largest musicians.

Talking about taking up the problem of Jimi, Nguyen has stated: “Telling the story of Jimi Hendrix throughout his pivotal years in London is each a profound honor and a singular duty. London has all the time been a metropolis that evokes me.”

“Having lived there, I felt a deep connection to its artistic vitality, very similar to Jimi did when his creativity reached extraordinary heights. I strategy this venture with deep respect for his legacy and the cultural significance he holds as an American authentic.”

“Via this movie, I hope to seize the colourful ambiance of the Nineteen Sixties music scene, and his meteoric rise to superstardom, culminating within the legendary present on the 1967 Monterey Pop Competition – a triumphant homecoming the place his incendiary efficiency didn’t simply set his guitar alight – it ignited a cultural shift that modified the course of music historical past.”

Hendrix’s sister Janie has endorsed the venture, saying: “Simply as Bao Nguyen has achieved in his movies highlighting the lives of different iconic figures who influenced popular culture, this presentation of Jimi’s London expertise shall be inspiring and informative — a narrative instructed the way in which it needs to be.”

There have been a number of high-profile unauthorised Hendrix documentaries prior to now, together with From The Monkees To The Hollywood Bowl final yr, and Electrical Woman Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Imaginative and prescient, an exploration of the long-lasting studio in New York, which is due out on October 4.